Opinion
2003-07135
Argued August 19, 2003.
August 20, 2003.
In a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16-102, inter alia, to invalidate a petition designating Angelo P. Ferrara as a candidate in a primary election to be held on September 9, 2003, for the nomination of the Independence Party as its candidate for the public office of Town Council Member, Town of North Hempstead, 3rd District, Angelo P. Ferrara appeals from a final order of the Supreme Court, Nassau County (Winslow, J.), dated August 13, 2003, which granted the petition and invalidated the designating petition.
Before: MYRIAM J. ALTMAN, J.P., GABRIEL M. KRAUSMAN, GLORIA GOLDSTEIN, BARRY A. COZIER, REINALDO E. RIVERA, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the final order is reversed, for reasons stated in Matter of Berkowitz v. Harrington ( 307 A.D.2d 1002, decided herewith), on the law, without costs or disbursements, the petition is denied, the proceeding is dismissed, and the Nassau County Board of Elections is directed to place the name of Angelo P. Ferrara on the appropriate ballot.
ALTMAN, J.P., KRAUSMAN, GOLDSTEIN, COZIER and RIVERA, JJ., concur.