Editor's note: On Jan. 22, 2025, a court filing confirmed Nassau County, N.Y., is entering into a proposed consent decree that creates a voting map with six majority-minority voting districts ...

Two lawsuits that alleged Nassau County's 19-district legislative map violated federal and state voting laws settled with a court approval of a new map to replace one adopted in February 2023.

A pair of lawsuits that will determine whether Nassau County's hotly debated legislative maps will remain in place are set to go to trial on Tuesday in a White Plains courtroom. The lawsuits ...

A landmark settlement in a suit brought by Democrats was signed on Thursday, Jan. 23, providing Nassau County with a new legislative map for its 19 districts. The settlement will provide the ...

Though residents of color make up over one-third of Nassau County’s eligible voters, the redistricting map rushed through the Nassau County Legislature in February 2023 created only four districts out ...

In 2022, the Temporary Districting Advisory Commission held 12 public meetings to ensure residents across Nassau County had the opportunity to participate. The maps were scrapped because the ...

And the lawsuit against the Nassau County Legislature's map is breaking new legal ground in state courts, according to Ruth Greenwood, an expert on state voting rights acts, who directs Harvard ...