Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
Contrary to the petitioner's contention, the omission of the term "I do hereby appoint" from that portion of the designating petition relating to the committee to fill vacancies did not render the petition invalid. Although Election Law § 6-132 does not permit deviations from the statutorily prescribed content of designating petitions, it does permit "substantial compliance" with the statutorily prescribed format for such petitions (see, Matter of Alamo v Black, 51 N.Y.2d 716, 717; Matter of Clarkin v Power, 26 Misc.2d 58, affd 10 A.D.2d 998, affd 8 N.Y.2d 876). Upon reviewing the designating petition, we find that there was substantial compliance.
The record also indicates that the respondents-respondents' designating petition contained a sufficient number of valid signatures. Bracken, J.P., Kooper, Harwood, Balletta and Copertino, JJ., concur.