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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Newsday plans to sue Bruce Blakeman, the executive of Nassau County, N.Y., after he made The New York Post the government ... including zoning changes, foreclosures and public hearings.

The settlement -- the first of its kind under the New York Municipal Home Rule Law and New York Voting Rights Act -- secures fair maps for Nassau County voters, replacing Nassau County's current ...

NEW YORK -- Another round of winter weather hit ... totals have been reported on Long Island, with 5.1 inches in Nassau County's Muttontown and 4.8 inches in Suffolk County's Commack.

according to the Nassau County Police Department. The teen stabbed the victim twice, once in the arm and once in the back, then tried to run from the grisly scene, police said. The grisly assault ...

Just across a bustling Union Turnpike in bordering New Hyde Park under the town of North Hempstead, cannabis shops are not allowed.