CPLR § 204

Stay of commencement of action; demand for arbitration

§ 204. Stay of commencement of action; demand for arbitration. (a) Stay. Where the commencement of an action has been stayed by a court or by statutory prohibition, the duration of the stay is not a part of the time within which the action must be commenced.

(b) Arbitration. Where it shall have been determined that a party is not obligated to submit a claim to arbitration, the time which elapsed between the demand for arbitration and the final determination that there is no obligation to arbitrate is not a part of the time within which an action upon such claim must be commenced. The time within which the action must be commenced shall not be extended by this provision beyond one year after such final determination.

Official sourcehttps://www.nysenate.gov/legislation/laws/CVP/204

In plain English

(a) Stay. If a court order or statute stayed you from suing, that stay time doesn't count. ★
(b) Arbitration. If it's later decided you didn't have to arbitrate, the time between the demand for arbitration and that final determination doesn't count — but this can't extend the deadline beyond 1 year after that determination. ★

Marked in the text: penalties, time limits, sums of money. Editorial emphasis added by this edition; it does not appear in the statute as enacted.

In print

This provision appears in Volume 2 — The JG-22 CPLR and in Volume 1 — The JG-22 in Plain English.