[Lnc-business] Fwd: Marcellino v. Bowman

[Nicholas Sarwark]

FYI for the agenda item regarding the New York lawsuit expense.

-Nick


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From: mark axinn <markaxinn at hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, Sep 16, 2014 at 9:21 AM
Subject: RE: Marcellino v. Bowman
To: Nicholas Sarwark <chair at lp.org>


Thanks Nick.

Here's some pertinent details:

LNC encumbered 25K for the New York petition drive, but LPNY actually
used only $18,000 of it on petitioning, leaving 7K  of national funds
unspent. In addition, LPNY contributed $18,500 of its own funds and
also obtained over 14,000 volunteer signatures for a total of over
30,000 sigs (29,000 of which counted for the statewide slate).

Gigi Bowman is the candidate for the 5th Senate District in New York
which covers portions of the north shore of Nassau and Suffolk
Counties on Long Island. Every one of the 5200 signatures Gigi
collected also counted towards the New York statewide slate.

Gigi is a high-profile candidate for a local office, obtaining
publicity in several fora including Change.org, IPR, various Long
Island newspapers and internet sites and on social media.

LPNY's counsel Gary Donoyan has agreed to represent Gigi in the State
court proceeding filed by the incumbent Republican state senator to
invalidate all of her signatures for a fixed fee of only $2000. LPNY
will cover any incidental expenses Gary incurs beyond the 2K. As you
can see from the attachment, Gary has moved to dismiss the proceeding
on various jurisdictional grounds or, in the alternative, to transfer
the venue to Albany County which we believe will be more favorable
than Nassau County. (Counsel for State Senator Marcellino is the
former Nassau County attorney.)

Feel free to share this email with other LNC members and please let me
know what happens.

Thanks,

Mark

Mark N. Axinn
Chair, LPNY
845 Third Avenue--16th Floor
New York, New York 10022
212.753.5599 x226
markaxinn at hotmail.com



> Mark,
>
> I've been informed that I can't encumber the $2000 for this suit
> without LNC approval. I've placed it on the agenda for the meeting
> this weekend and will lobby to pay for this lawsuit.
>
> -Nick
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