Schaefer v. Perez

—In a proceeding pursuant to Election Law article 16, inter alia, to invalidate a petition designating Ryland W. Gaines, Jr., as a candidate in a primary election to be held on September 12, 2000, for the nomination of the Democratic Party as its candidate for the public office of Member of the New York State Assembly for the 5th Assembly District, the appeal is from a final order of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Kitson, J.), dated August 15, 2000, which, after a hearing, granted the petition.

Ordered that the final order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

The Supreme Court…