Case Name: In the Matter of Joseph A. Giorgi, Appellant, v. Monroe County Board of Elections, by M. Betsy Relin et al., as Commissioners, Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-11-19
Citations: 198 A.D.2d 886
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Joseph A. Giorgi, Appellant, v Monroe County Board of Elections, by M. Betsy Relin et al., as Commissioners, Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 198
Pages: 886–887

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Joseph A. Giorgi, Appellant, v Monroe County Board of Elections, by M. Betsy Relin et al., as Commissioners, Respondents.
[606 NYS2d 1010]

Opinion:
—Order unanimously affirmed without costs. Memorandum: The proceeding is jurisdictionally defective for failure to serve a necessary party (see, Matter of Gadsen v Board of Elections, 57 NY2d 751; Matter of Wein v Molinari, 51 NY2d 717). Further, the proceeding was not timely commenced (see, Election Law § 16-102 [2]; Matter of Godzisz v Mohr, 197 AD2d 839; Matter of Ehle v Wallace, 195 AD2d 1086, lv denied 82 NY2d 653). We reach these issues because respondent was entitled to raise them as alternative grounds for sustaining the order (see, Town of Massena v Niagara Mohawk Power Corp., 45 NY2d 482, 488; see also, Parochial Bus Sys. v Board of Educ., 60 NY2d 539, 544-546). In view of our determination, we need not address the other issues raised on appeal. (Appeal from Order of Supreme Court, Monroe County, Siragusa, J. — Election Law.) Present — Callahan, J. P., Green, Pine, Davis and Boehm, JJ.