Opinion
August 23, 1999.
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Suffolk County (Jones, J.).
Ordered that the order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
We agree with the Supreme Court that the designating petition contains a sufficient number of valid signatures. The court properly validated those signatures which were witnessed by a notary public who obtained a statement from each of the signatories as to the truth of the matter to which they subscribed their names and thereby substantially complied with Election Law § 6-132 Elec. (3) ( cf., Matter of Helfand v. Meisser, 22 N.Y.2d 762; Matter of Merrill v. Adler, 253 A.D.2d 505; Matter of Boyle v. New York City Bd. of Elections, 185 A.D.2d 953; Matter of Zunno v. Fein, 175 A.D.2d 935, 936).
The appellant's remaining contention is without merit ( see, Matter of Ferraro v. McNab, 60 N.Y.2d 601, 603; Matter of Klugman v. King, 242 A.D.2d 346).
Mangano, P. J., Santucci, Sullivan, Altman and H. Miller, JJ., concur.