Opinion
2014-08-20
In the Matter of Robert AXELROD, etc., appellant, v. Vincent D. REDA, et al., respondents-respondents, et al., respondents.
In a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16–102, inter alia, to invalidate petitions designating certain of the respondents as candidates in a primary election to be held on September 9, 2014, for the party position of Members of the Rockland County Republican Committee, the petitioner appeals from a final order of the Supreme Court, Rockland County (Berliner, J.), dated August 1, 2014, which granted that branch of the motion of the respondent candidates which was to dismiss the petition, inter alia, to invalidate the designating petitions on the ground that the petitioner lacked standing to commence the proceeding, and dismissed the proceeding.
ORDERED that the final order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court properly granted that branch of the respondent candidates' motion which was to dismiss the petition on the ground that the petitioner lacked standing to commence this proceeding to invalidate the petitions designating them as candidates for party positions. As the Chairperson of the Town of Clarkstown Republican Committee, the petitioner did not have standing to commence the proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16–102(1) ( see Matter of Eaton v. Rosenberg, 109 A.D.3d 770, 771, 971 N.Y.S.2d 52; Matter of Levine v. Turco, 43 A.D.3d 618, 619–620, 841 N.Y.S.2d 388; Matter of Maltese v. Anderson, 264 A.D.2d 457, 694 N.Y.S.2d 141; Matter of Crawley v. Board of Elections of County of Rensselaer, 218 A.D.2d 914, 915, 630 N.Y.S.2d 601; Matter of D'Alvia v. DiGiacomo, 175 A.D.2d 891, 891–892, 573 N.Y.S.2d 741; Matter of Davis v. Dutchess County Bd. of Elections, 153 A.D.2d 716, 717, 544 N.Y.S.2d 683). RIVERA, J.P., LEVENTHAL, HALL, ROMAN and HINDS–RADIX, JJ., concur.