Challenge to Zephyr Teachout’s residency now in judge’s hand

[hrmjustin]

Jon Campbell

A challenge to the residency of Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s Democratic primary challenger is in the hands of a state judge.

A two-day trial on Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout’s residency wrapped up in state Supreme Court in Brooklyn this afternoon, with Justice David Schmidt expected to render a decision within days.

Cuomo’s campaign—via surrogates from Westchester and Rockland counties—is challenging whether Teachout, a Vermont native, has been a resident of New York long enough to run for governor. The state constitution requires all candidates for governor to have been a resident of the state for five years before an election.

http://polhudson.lohudblogs.com/2014/08/08/challenge-to-zephyr-teachouts-residency-now-in-judges-hand/