On April 19, Joshua Eisen, an independent candidate for U.S. House, New York 17th district, filed a lawsuit for ballot access relief.  Eisen v Cuomo, 54542/2020. Westchester County Supreme Court.  The law requires 3,500 signatures between early April and late May.  Governor Andrew Cuomo has ordered that the start date for such petitions be put off into the future, but he has not yet announced what the new start date should be.  Also he has not cut the number of signatures for independent candidates for any office, even though some time ago he cut the number of signatures for primary candidates down to 30% of the legal requirement.

Eisen asks that electronic signatures be permitted, and that the number for U.S. House be cut from 3,500 to 1,000.