GOSHEN – Newburgh mayoral
candidate Gay Lee, whose nominating petitions to run in the Democratic
primary election next month were tossed out by the Orange County Board
of Elections, will now appear on the ballot in a party challenge against
incumbent Mayor Torrance Harvey.
The board of elections had disqualified Lee’s petitions when 69
signatures were ruled invalid because while they are registered Democrats
and live in the City of Newburgh, the addresses they listed on the petitions
were different than the ones they had initially provided to the board.
Lee challenged the decision and on Wednesday Acting State Supreme Court
Justice Catherine Bartlett annulled the board of elections’ ruling
and allowed Lee to run in the primary.
Bartlett ruled that those who signed the petitions attested that they
are Democrats and, in fact, do live in the City of Newburgh.
Harvey was appointed mayor in April after then-Mayor Judy Kennedy died
after a long bout with cancer.
