IN RE: Michael Novakhov (2026)

Supreme Court, Appellate Division, Second Department, New York.

IN RE: Michael Novakhov, petitioner-respondent, v. Board of Elections in the City of New York, respondent, Craig Hammerman, appellant.

2026–04578 (Index No. 514124 /26)

Decided: May 14, 2026

ANGELA G. IANNACCI, J.P. VALERIE BRATHWAITE NELSON WILLIAM G. FORD LAURENCE L. LOVE DONNA–MARIE E. GOLIA, JJ.

Argued—May 13, 2026

DECISION & ORDER

In a proceeding pursuant to Election Law § 16–102, inter alia, to validate a petition designating Michael Novakhov as a candidate in a primary election to be held on June 23, 2026, for the nomination of the Conservative Party as its candidate for the public office of Member of the New York State Assembly for the 45th Assembly District, Craig Hammerman appeals from a final order of the Supreme Court, Kings County (Peter P. Sweeney, J.), dated May 4, 2026. The final order, after a hearing, granted the petition, inter alia, to validate the designating petition.

ORDERED that the final order is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.

For the reasons set forth in Matter of Hammerman v. Novakhov (_ AD3d _ [decided herewith] ), the Supreme Court properly granted the petition, inter alia, to validate the designating petition.

IANNACCI, J.P., BRATHWAITE NELSON, FORD, LOVE and GOLIA, JJ., concur.

ENTER:

Darrell M. Joseph

Clerk of the Court

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