Adjunct Professor Jerry H. Goldfeder was quoted in a Newsday article about Hempstead Supervisor Laura Gillen’s proposed new legislation blocking town board appointees from running for elected office.
Jerry H. Goldfeder, a professor at Fordham University School of Law who specializes in election law, said he believed Gillen’s proposal would be legal.
Goldfeder said Gillen’s proposal was “a creative solution on the road to actual special elections.”
“It’s always preferable to have a special election than an appointment process when there is a vacancy,” he said.