This is a CPLR article 78 proceeding brought to compel the Rensselaer City Clerk to transmit a certificate to the Rensselaer County Board of Elections stating that the office of Mayor of the City of Rensselaer is to be voted for at the 1983 general election (see Election Law, § 4-106, subd 2). It stems from the succession to the office of Mayor of the City of Rensselaer by Edward Finlan, who was president of the city's common council, on May 4, 1983 following the conviction...
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