Court Opinion

ID: 5759771
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2022-01-12 17:12:30.965012+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T08:41:31.024028
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Order unanimously reversed, without costs of this appeal to any party, motion denied and application dismissed, without costs. Memorandum: The Special Term Justice considered this a proceeding under article 78 CPLR. This was incorrect. The applicable statute was subdivision 1 of section 330 of the Election Law. That being so, the application was not timely and Special Term was without jurisdiction. (Matter of Dow v. Lomenzo, 18 N Y 2d 612; Matter of Carson v. Lomenzo, 26 A D 2d 790.) In the memorandum decision the Special Term Justice stated that respondent “Lomenzo * * * concedes that this court has the authority under Section 330, subdivision 2 of the Election Law, to use its discretion in granting the petitioner’s application herein but the Secretary argues that it would be an abuse of discretion”. The record does not so disclose. In fact, in this court the appellant argued that there was no area of discretion and the respondent did not claim that there was such a concession. (Appeal from order of Oneida Special Term granting motion of petitioner to have accepted his designation tendered to him by Liberal party.) Present — Williams, P. J., Bastow, Goldman, Del Vecchio and Marsh, JJ. (Decision and order entered and filed September 20, 1966.)