Cuomo challenger will fight to stay on NY ballot
Law professor Zephyr Teachout on Thursday defended her campaign to unseat Gov. Andrew Cuomo against claims that she hasn’t lived in New York long enough to be on next month’s Democratic Primary ballot.
Teachout said she has been a New York resident since she took a job at Fordham University in 2009 despite a recent Vermont driver’s license and documents on which she listed a Vermont address.
Cuomo’s supporters say Teachout doesn’t meet the state’s five-year residency requirement for gubernatorial candidates and want her campaign disqualified. They took their challenge to court on Thursday, and a decision is expected late next week.