A law professor challenging New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo in next month’s Democratic primary is defending her campaign against claims that she hasn’t lived in the state long enough to run.
The challenge to Zephyr Teachout’s campaign went before a Brooklyn judge on Thursday. A decision is expected next week.
The effort to strike Teachout’s name from the ballot was filed by two men who claim Teachout spent significant time in Vermont in recent years.
Their attorney noted Thursday that Teachout only obtained a New York driver’s license this year and listed a Vermont address on a 2012 document.
The Fordham University law professor says she moved to New York in 2009 and meets the five-year residency requirement. Teachout says she spends time in Vermont because her family lives there.
(AP)
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No surprise here. The corrupt Democrat Party doesn’t allow any challenges from within. They are all coronated to kingship. How do you think King Andrew got there in the first place? And they claim they are the big Party that includes “everyone”. A Democrat by definition, means hypocrite. I see they’re all concerned about Mrs. Teachout’s NY residency. What frauds. They didn’t make a peep when Madame Hillary was coronated as US Senator from NY. She also had just moved to her lovely home in Chapiqua a few months before.