Opinion
Argued October 15, 1986
Decided October 17, 1986
Appeal from the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in the Third Judicial Department, Joseph P. Torraca, J.
William F. Ryan, Jr., for appellants.
Raymond A. Kelly, Jr., and Joseph R. Cannizzaro for F. Stanton Ackerman, respondent.
Stanley L. Zalen for New York State Board of Elections, respondent.
Order affirmed, without costs, for the reasons stated in the opinion by Justice John T. Casey at the Appellate Division ( 119 A.D.2d 327). We add that our decision does not preclude a future challenge to respondent Ackerman's qualifications in the appropriate forum (see, N Y Const, art III, § 9; Matter of Harwood v Meisser, 41 A.D.2d 531, affd 31 N.Y.2d 1000).
Concur: Chief Judge WACHTLER and Judges MEYER, SIMONS, ALEXANDER, TITONE and HANCOCK, JR. Taking no part: Judge KAYE.