In re the Complaint of McClosky
New York Supreme Court
This is a review under the Election Law of the decision of the-board of police commissioners in the city of Yew York, that the-independent certificates nominating Seth Low for mayor, and other-candidates, is valid.
1Opinion of the CourtGaynor, J.
It is a part of the history of the state, that at the time our present election statute was first enacted, municipal government had generally fallen and settled into the control of" *366dishonest and criminal persons, who were mere politicians by trade, and without any lawful occupations, and who had. no interest in government or in politics, except to obtain opportunity to enrich and aggrandize themselves by-looting the public treasury. They obtained and held such control by means of their control of party organizations, and of a system of voting which exposed the voter to the oversight and…
2Cases cited1 opinion
- People ex rel. Oliver v. Board of Police Com'rsThe Superior Court of the City of New York and Buffalo · 1894
3Cited by6 opinions
- Socialist Workers Party v. RockefellerDistrict Court, S.D. New York · 1970
- In re the Objections of BulgerNew York Supreme Court · 1905
- In re BassettNew York Supreme Court · 1919
- In re KaplanNew York Supreme Court · 1945
- In re the Independence League NominationsNew York Supreme Court · 1906
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