Gross v. Thaler

In this proceeding before the court, petitioners seek to invalidate the petition designating respondents as candidates for the Democratic party positions of Assembly District leaders, male and female, and of members of the Democratic County Committee, male and female, for the Seventh Assembly District, Part B, County of Queens, State of New York.

Petitioners allege that the respondents’ petition, filed with the New York City Board of Elections, does not contain sufficient valid signatures for the party positions, as required pursuant to the provisions of the Election Law, in that many of the…