MATTER OF GUMBS v. BD. OF ELECTIONS OF THE CITY OF NEW YORK


143 A.D.2d 235 (1988)

In the Matter of Maurice A. Gumbs, Appellant, v. Board of Elections of the City of New York et al., Respondents

Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York, Second Department.

August 24, 1988


Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

We reject the petitioner's contention that the designating petition must be invalidated because the candidate used the familiar form of his proper first name (see, Matter of Gardner v Mahoney, 123 A.D.2d 520). We find that there was no showing that the candidate's use of the name "Marty Markowitz" on the designating petition rather than "Martin...

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