Benzow v. Cooley

This is an appeal of a denial of appellant’s petition in the nature of mandamus under article 78 of the Civil Practice Act to require respondents, respectively the City Clerk and Corporation Counsel of the City of Buffalo, to comply with section 18 of the City Home Buie Law by preparing an abstract of Buffalo Local Law No. 1 of 1960, and to transmit it to the Erie County Board of Elections to be placed upon the voting machines of the City of Buffalo at the next general election. The Local Law in question amended section 62 of the Charter of the City of Buffalo “ to provide that a Mayor,…