Ordered that the judgment is affirmed, without costs or disbursements.
The objector's failure to seek to invalidate the designating petitions in a timely manner pursuant to Election Law § 16-102 is fatal to his claim (see, Blenman v. Herron, 51 N.Y.2d 750; Matter of Thompson v. Wallace, 45 N.Y.2d 803; Matter of Bruno v. Peyser, 40 N.Y.2d 827). Mollen, P.J., Mangano, Thompson, Bracken and Brown, JJ., concur.