The New York State Highest Court, the Court of Appeals, Removed Two Incumbent State Assembly Members from the June 23rd Primary Ballot. The Decisions clear the way for possible New Faces in Albany next year.
Incumbent Assemblywoman, Rebecca Seawright (D-76th District, Upper East Side), was Kicked-Off the Democratic and Working Families Party Ballot Lines over a Late Petition Cover Sheet and Late Certification of Acceptance while see was in the 14 day Isolation for contact with the Covid-19 Virus.
Seawright has held the Seat since 2014 and is Secretary of the Assembly Majority.
Seawright's Removal from the Ballot leaves No Democratic Contender for the Seat. Republican, Lou Puliafito, is vying to Represent the District in the November General Election.
In a Statement, Seawright, noted that the Court's Decision was Split and said she would try to Mount an Independent Campaign in the November General Election.
"The Republican Party has thus far forced a Soviet Union-style election with a sole hand-picked candidate," Seawright said in a Statement. "We will continue to fight for ballot access so that the voters will have a choice this November."
An even more Veteran Member of the Assembly, Carmen Arroyo (D-84th District, Bronx) was also Booted from the Ballot after what the Court deemed was a Designating Petition "permeated" by Fraud. The Court said 512 of 944 Signatures Submitted to get her on the Democrat Ballot Line were Backdated to Dates before the Blank Petition Pages were Received.
Arroyo has Represented her District for 26 years. Her Assembly Biography notes that she is the First Puerto Rican and Hispanic Woman Elected to the Legislative Body.
Her Removal from the Democratic Primary leaves, Amanda Septimo, as the Sole Democratic Candidate. Septimo is backed by the Working Families Party.
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