Case Name: In the Matter of Lillian Liss, Appellant, v. Anthony Sadowski et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Court of Appeals
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1983-04-27
Citations: 59 N.Y.2d 635
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Lillian Liss, Appellant, v Anthony Sadowski et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: New York Reports
Volume: 59
Pages: 635–636

Head Matter:
In the Matter of Lillian Liss, Appellant, v Anthony Sadowski et al., Constituting the Board of Elections of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Argued April 26, 1983;
decided April 27, 1983
APPEARANCES OF COUNSEL
Saul Rudes for appellant.
Robert Schmukler for David Kaplan, respondent.

Opinion:
OPINION OF THE COURT
Memorandum.
The order of the Appellate Division should be affirmed, without costs.
Appellant filed designating petitions for a seat on the school board of Community School District No. 15 in Brooklyn. On a number of petitions, sufficient to affect the validity of appellant's candidacy, the subscribing witness transposed the numbers of his election district and his assembly district. This defect is fatal. The provisions of the Election Law governing the nomination of candidates apply to the election of community school board members (see Education Law, § 2590-c, subd 6, par [31]). It is established that the requirement of subdivision 1 of section 6-140 of the Election Law that the subscribing witnesses set forth their election and assembly districts on designating petitions is to be strictly enforced (see Matter of Higby v Mahoney, 48 NY2d 15).
Chief Judge Cooke and Judges Jasen, Jones, Wachtler, Meyer and Simons concur; Judge Fuchsberg taking no part.
Order affirmed, without costs, in a memorandum.