Fusco v. Spano

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of New York

Fusco v. Spano

275 A.D.2d 427, 713 N.Y.S.2d 126, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8881

CourtAppellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York

DecidedAugust 23, 2000

StatusPublished

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Fusco v. Spano, 275 A.D.2d 427, 713 N.Y.S.2d 126, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8881 (N.Y. Ct. App. 2000).

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—In a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16-102, inter alia, to invalidate a petition designating Nick Spano as a candidate in a primary election to be held on September 12, 2000, for the nomination of the Independence Party as its candidate for the public office of State Senator for the 35th Senate District, the petitioner appeals from a final order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Cowhey, J.), entered August 4, 2000, which dismissed the petition for failure to join a necessary party.

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

The petitioner contends that the respondent Nick Spano failed to timely institute a proceeding to validate the designating petition or timely interpose an answer in this proceeding containing the affirmative defense of failure to join a necessary party. Contrary to the petitioner’s contention, the assertion by Spano in his answer of an affirmative defense alleging failure to join a necessary party is not governed by the 14-day period for commencement of a “proceeding with respect to a petition” set forth in Election Law § 16-102 (2). Moreover, since the Supreme Court dismissed, as academic, Spano’s cross petition to validate the designating petition, we need not reach the issue of whether the cross petition was timely instituted.

Although the petition seeks to challenge the actions and authority of the Interim County Organization/Steering Committee of the Westchester Independence County Committee, this necessary party was not joined in the proceeding. Therefore, the Supreme Court correctly dismissed the proceeding (see, CPLR 1001 [a]; 1003; Matter of Jenkins v Board of Elections, 270 AD2d 436; Matter of Rizzo v Withers, 158 AD2d 497; Matter of Oberle v Caracappa, 133 AD2d 241; Matter of Curcio v Wolf, 133 AD2d 188). Bracken, J. P., McGinity, Luciano, Feuerstein and Schmidt, JJ., concur.

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—In a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16-102, inter alia, to invalidate a petition designating Nick Spano as a candidate in a primary election to be held on September 12, 2000, for the nomination of the Independence Party as its candidate for the public office of State Senator for the 35th Senate District, the petitioner appeals from a final order of the Supreme Court, Westchester County (Cowhey, J.), entered August 4, 2000, which dismissed the petition for failure to join a necessary party.

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

The petitioner contends that the respondent Nick Spano failed to timely institute a proceeding to validate the designating petition or timely interpose an answer in this proceeding containing the affirmative defense of failure to join a necessary party. Contrary to the petitioner’s contention, the assertion by Spano in his answer of an affirmative defense alleging failure to join a necessary party is not governed by the 14-day period for commencement of a “proceeding with respect to a petition” set forth in Election Law § 16-102 (2). Moreover, since the Supreme Court dismissed, as academic, Spano’s cross petition to validate the designating petition, we need not reach the issue of whether the cross petition was timely instituted.

Although the petition seeks to challenge the actions and authority of the Interim County Organization/Steering Committee of the Westchester Independence County Committee, this necessary party was not joined in the proceeding. Therefore, the Supreme Court correctly dismissed the proceeding (see, CPLR 1001 [a]; 1003; Matter of Jenkins v Board of Elections, 270 AD2d 436; Matter of Rizzo v Withers, 158 AD2d 497; Matter of Oberle v Caracappa, 133 AD2d 241; Matter of Curcio v Wolf, 133 AD2d 188). Bracken, J. P., McGinity, Luciano, Feuerstein and Schmidt, JJ., concur.

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275 A.D.2d 427, 713 N.Y.S.2d 126, 2000 N.Y. App. Div. LEXIS 8881, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/opinion/fusco-v-spano-nyappdiv-2000.

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