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Matter of Parietti v. Town of Ramapo
Citations: 2017 NY Slip Op 6653; 153 A.D.3d 1418; 60 N.Y.S.3d 499Docket: 2015-11250
Court: Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York; September 27, 2017; New York; State Appellate Court
Original Court Document: View Document
The Appellate Division, Second Department, addressed the appeal from the Supreme Court of Rockland County concerning the Matter of Parietti v. Town of Ramapo (2017 NY Slip Op 06653). The court reviewed a petition filed by Michael Parietti and Robert Romanowski challenging the certification of results from a special election held on September 30, 2014, related to two propositions, which were ultimately not passed by voters. The Town Clerk certified the election results on September 4, 2015, prompting the petitioners to allege that irregularities and misconduct by the Town and its Clerk invalidated the certification. They sought declaratory relief and summary judgment to declare the certification invalid. On September 30, 2015, the Supreme Court denied the petition and dismissed the proceeding, concluding that the petitioners did not demonstrate that the alleged irregularities affected the election outcome. The Appellate Division affirmed this decision, stating that the Supreme Court acted correctly. However, it modified the order by explicitly declaring the certification of the special election results as valid. The appeal from petitioner Deborah Seidman-Munitz was dismissed as abandoned. The court noted that certain contentions by the petitioners were either improperly before it or lacked merit. The ruling emphasized the necessity for the order to include a clear declaration regarding the validity of the election certification, as per legal precedent. The decision was rendered without costs or disbursements to the parties involved.