Cocco v. Moreira-Brown

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Ceresia, Jr., J.), entered August 15, 1996 in Albany County, which dismissed petitioner’s application, in a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16-102, to declare invalid the designating petition naming respondent Herbert Moreira-Brown as the *953Democratic Party candidate for the office of Member of Congress for the 17th Congressional District in the September 10, 1996 primary election.

Petitioner commenced this proceeding seeking to invalidate the designating petition of respondent Herbert Moreira-Brown (hereinafter respondent) filed with respondent…