Brown v. Smith

In a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16-102, inter alia, to invalidate a petition designating Malcolm A. Smith as a candidate in a primary election to be held on September 14, 2010, for the nominations of the Democratic Party, the Independence Party, and the Working Families Party, respectively, as their candidate for the public office of State Senator for the 14th Senatorial District, Everly Brown appeals from a final order of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Flug, J.), dated August 10, 2010, which granted his oral application, in effect, to withdraw the petition to invalidate the…