U.S. District Court Judge Jack Weinstein is hearing oral arguments in Rossito-Canty v Cuomo on Friday morning, February 13. See this story. The issue is whether the U.S. Constitution requires Governor Cuomo to call a special election to fill the vacant U.S. House seat, 11th district. Check back for updates in a few hours. Here is a Courthouse News Service article that describes the arguments Governor Cuomo has made to the court in his written brief.

UPDATE: here is an account of the oral argument.

Here is an editorial in the Staten Island Advance, published February 12, which criticizes the Governor for having failed to set a date for the special election so far.