Matter of Jones v. Blake

Judgment, Supreme Court, Bronx County (John W. Carter, J.), entered August 15, 2014, dismissing the petition, unanimously affirmed, without costs.

This appeal arises out of a special proceeding in which petitioner sought to establish that respondent did not satisfy the residency requirements for the public office of Member of the Assembly. Specifically, article III, § 7 of the New York State Constitution provides that “[n]o person shall serve as a member of the legislature unless he or she . . . has been a resident of the state of New York for five years, and, except as hereinafter otherwise…