Opinion
Argued April 13, 2000.
May 31, 2000.
In a proceeding pursuant to Election Law article 16, inter alia, to nullify the certificate of elected officers and certificate of rules filed by the Jefferson County Committee of the Independence Party of the State of New York with the Jefferson County Board of Elections, the petitioner appeals from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Suffolk County, (D'Emilio, J.), dated April 13, 1999, which denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding.
Firestone Firestone, Hauppauge, N.Y. (Arnold B. Firestone of counsel), for appellant.
Slye Burrows, Watertown, N.Y. (Christina E. Stone of counsel), for respondents.
Before: SONDRA MILLER, J.P., WILLIAM D. FRIEDMANN, ANITA R. FLORIO, NANCY E. SMITH, JJ.
DECISION ORDER
ORDERED that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The Supreme Court properly concluded that the instant proceeding was subject to the 10-day period of limitations set forth in Election Law § 16-102(2). Since the instant proceeding was commenced after that period expired, it was untimely (see, Matter of Stabile v. DeFronzo, 231 A.D.2d 577; Matter of Curcio v. Kelly, 193 A.D.2d 738).
We further note that the petitioner should have commenced this proceeding in Jefferson County where this election controversy arose (see, Matter of Lucchese v. Rotella, 60 N.Y.2d 815; Matter of Doyle v. Supreme Court of State of N.Y., 286 App. Div. 469).
S. MILLER, J.P., FRIEDMANN, FLORIO and SMITH, JJ., concur.