Case Name: In the Matter of Mona R. Goodman et al., Respondents, v. Nassau County Board of Elections, Respondent, and Francine Adelson et al., Appellants
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 2011-08-17
Citations: 87 A.D.3d 668
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Mona R. Goodman et al., Respondents, v Nassau County Board of Elections, Respondent, and Francine Adelson et al., Appellants.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 87
Pages: 668–669

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Mona R. Goodman et al., Respondents, v Nassau County Board of Elections, Respondent, and Francine Adelson et al., Appellants.
[928 NYS2d 479]

Opinion:
Petitioners raising a challenge under Election Law § 16-102 must complete service on all necessary parties (see Matter of McDonough v Scannapieco, 65 AD3d 647, 648 [2009]). Failure to serve a party mentioned in an order to show cause requires dismissal, even as to those parties who were properly served, if the party not served is a necessary party to the proceeding (see Matter of Wohl v Miller, 63 NY2d 687, 688 [1984]).
Here, as the candidates whose names appeared on the challenged designating petition, the appellants were necessary parties (see Swirsky v Smallwood, 148 AD2d 523 [1989]), and the petitioners' failure to properly serve the appellants warranted dismissal of the proceeding as jurisdictionally defective (see Matter of DiRoberto v Napoli, 247 AD2d 646 [1998]). Dillon, J.E, Florio, Lott and Cohen, JJ., concur.