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The Secretary of State initially determined that the petition was about 70 signatures short of the required number, and members of the anti-rent control Homeowners Coalition, disputing the claim, sued.
In response, the pro-rent control Campaign for Affordable Housing and Tenant Protection also filed suit, challenging the validity of the signatures and charging that the petition was, in fact, short of the required number of signatures.
The groups spent much of the year battling in court, and on April 22, Suffolk County Superior Court Judge Martha Sossman ruled that the petition did, in fact, have the minimum number of valid signatures.
Cavellini says he expects the appeal to be heard in September or October. And he notes that if the signatures are ruled invalid in an appeal trial, the anti-rent control Homeowners Coalition would have to restart the process of collecting signatures for the petition.
The Second Petition