An attorney for Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s primary challenger is seeking to put a halt to pro-Cuomo spending by the state Democratic Committee.
Fordham Law Professor Zephyr Teachout’s campaign is due in state Supreme Court in Manhattan this afternoon to seek a temporary restraining order that would prevent the state’s Democratic operation from funding mailers supporting Cuomo and running mate Kathy Hochul in this Tuesday’s primary election. (Several Democratic Committee-funded mailers have already gone out to primary voters.)
The Teachout campaign cites section 2-126 of the state Election Law: a ban on spending party money on any one candidate in a primary election.