- 10 - Nos. 56 & 58 acceptance passed. Accepting this, Supreme Court found that “Seawright was also ill with COVID-19 symptoms during this time period and was quarantined during the deadlines (2020 NY Slip Op 31311[U], *4 [Sup Ct, NY County 2020]). The Appellate Division made a factual finding that petitioner’s “belated filing of a cover sheet and a certificate of acceptance” were solely attributable “to illness or quarantine because of the current COVID-19 pandemic,” excluding any other possible cause for the delay (2020 NY Slip Op 02900 at *2), a finding that respondent Louis Puliafito concedes in his briefing to us. Of course, we are bound by and may not review that factual determination (Buchanan v Espada, 88 NY2d 973, 975 [1996]). Instead, our task is to consider petitioner’s belated filings in light of the unique and unprecedented circumstances wherein the truncated filing deadlines were in potential conflict with official public health directives and quarantine guidelines. The purpose of Chapter 24 was undeniably to mitigate the spread of COVID-19 and was part and parcel of an aggressive government response based on the determination that individuals manifesting symptoms should stay home and away from other people as much as possible. The truncated political calendar was not meant to force petitioner to meet the Election Law’s filing deadlines when she was sick and complying with quarantine directives that made her unable to complete the filing without running afoul of the government guidance. Indeed, as an elected official tasked with promoting the government’s response to the serious and deadly public health crisis afflicting New York, and finding herself to be symptomatic, petitioner was faced with the inherent tension in the new, compressed electoral filing timeframe and the government’s guidance to avoid - 10 -