Contessa v. Power

Petitioner seeks to invalidate the designating petition filed with the Board of Elections by respondent, Arthur A. Grey, Jr., a candidate for the Democratic party position of Assembly District leader, male, Thirteenth Assembly District, Part B, Queens County.

Respondent Grey filed with the Board of Elections a designating petition consisting of two volumes, volume I containing 177 sheets with 1,727 signatures and volume II, 56 sheets with 483 signatures, making a total of 2,210 signatures. The law requires 350 valid signatures.

At the close of the hearing, respondent moved to dismiss, amongst…