Opinion
September 27, 1990
Appeal from the Supreme Court, Albany County (Williams, J.).
Although petitioner was directed by order to show cause to serve respondent and the Attorney-General by regular or certified mail on or before December 14, 1989, the postmark on the envelope containing the papers served indicates that service was not complete until December 19, 1989. Since petitioner failed to comply with the service requirements of the order to show cause, personal jurisdiction over respondent was not obtained and the petition was properly dismissed (see, Matter of Sorli v Coveney, 51 N.Y.2d 713, 714; Matter of Wright v. Parole Div., 132 A.D.2d 821, 822).
Judgment affirmed, without costs. Casey, J.P., Weiss, Levine, Mercure and Harvey, JJ., concur.