MATTER OF HASKELL v. Gargiulo

OPINION OF THE COURT

Memorandum.

The orders of the Appellate Division should be reversed, and the matters remitted to that court for consideration of the facts (CPLR 5613).

Special Term held that the petitions should be invalidated after finding that 12 of the signatories had not made the required affirmation. In addition, and more importantly, the court found that Steven Izzo, respondent’s brother, had misrepresented to a signatory, who did not speak English, that the petition related to a different candidate. The court also found that the candidate himself acted as a subscribing witness to at…