Nassau legislators serve two-year terms and there are no term limits. Other countywide offices, including that of the county executive, district attorney, county comptroller and county clerk will also ...

The second lawsuit, filed last February by the Brooklyn-based advocacy group New York Communities for Change, alleged racially polarized voting occurred in Nassau and the redistricting plan "dilutes ...

“Republican lawmakers drew a map to provide them political advantages while disenfranchising communities of color throughout the county,” New York State and Nassau County Democratic Committee ...

New York’s Nassau County agreed on Thursday to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color. Once details are approved by the court, the ...

Now, once signed by the Court, a consent decree in New York Communities for Change v. Nassau County will replace that discriminatory map with a politically fair map that includes six districts in ...

EAST MEADOW, N.Y. (AP) — A New York county has agreed to redraw its voting map after a lawsuit claimed its political boundaries disenfranchised residents of color. Nassau County reached a ...

The settlement reached last month in a case alleging Republican gerrymandering in Nassau County is considered a landmark - the first case resolved after ...