Case Name: In the Matter of Alan S. Fintz, Appellant, v. Anthony Poveromo et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1993-08-19
Citations: 197 A.D.2d 944
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Alan S. Fintz, Appellant, v Anthony Poveromo et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 197
Pages: 944–945

Head Matter:
Second Department,
August, 1993
(August 19, 1993)
In the Matter of Alan S. Fintz, Appellant, v Anthony Poveromo et al., Respondents.
[602 NYS2d 19]
Not published with other Second Department decisions of August, 1993.

Opinion:
—In a proceeding to validate a petition designating Alan S. Fintz as a candidate in a primary election to be held on September 14, 1993, for the nomination of the Democratic Party as its candidate for the public office of member of the New York City Council from the 48th Council District, the appeal is from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Garry, J.), dated August 5, 1993, which denied the application and directed the Board of Elections of the City of New York to remove his name from the appropriate ballot.
Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
It is undisputed that the cover sheet of the designating petition did not comply with the rules promulgated by the Board of Elections of the City of New York pursuant to Election Law § 3-212 (5), precluding validation of the designating petition (see, Matter of Hutson v Bass, 54 NY2d 772).
Additionally, the failure to file the designating petition within the time prescribed by law, although late by only 16 minutes, was a fatal defect (see, Election Law § 1-106 [2]; Matter of Hutson v Bass, supra, at 774). Sullivan, J. P., Eiber, O'Brien and Joy, JJ., concur.