Case Name: In the Matter of Carl F. Grillo, as Executive Director of the New York State Liberal Party, Appellant, v. Carlos Cuevas, as City Clerk of the City of New York, et al., Respondents
Court: New York Supreme Court, Appellate Division
Jurisdiction: New York
Decision Date: 1989-06-21
Citations: 151 A.D.2d 359
Docket Number: 
Parties: In the Matter of Carl F. Grillo, as Executive Director of the New York State Liberal Party, Appellant, v Carlos Cuevas, as City Clerk of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.
Judges: 
Reporter: Appellate Division Reports
Volume: 151
Pages: 359–359

Head Matter:
(June 21, 1989)
In the Matter of Carl F. Grillo, as Executive Director of the New York State Liberal Party, Appellant, v Carlos Cuevas, as City Clerk of the City of New York, et al., Respondents.

Opinion:
Judgment, Supreme Court, New York County (Burton S. Sherman, J.), entered June 14, 1989, which granted respondent's cross motion to dismiss the petition brought herein by the Executive Director of the New York State Liberal Party pursuant to CPLR article 78, affirmed, without costs.
Mandamus does not lie to enforce a discretionary act by respondent City Clerk, which any judicial direction to conduct an "examination" of an applicant for appointment as a commissioner of deeds under Executive Law § 140 (2) would necessarily entail. Furthermore, and in any event, the ultimate arbiter of respondent's certification of competence in any given instance is exclusively a legislative matter for the City Council alone to determine. Concur — Kupferman, J. P., Sullivan, Kassal, Wallach and Smith, JJ.