Lawmakers postpone vote on Nassau redistricting map
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Pam Dempsey and Lori Stehl, holding signs from left, in the legislative chamber in Mineola for the vote to redraw legislative districts in Nassau County. (Feb. 25, 2013)
Nassau legislators postponed voting on a hotly disputed redistricting map early Tuesday morning, following a meeting that stretched past midnight and included nearly seven hours of public testimony.
Just before 1 a.m., Presiding Officer Norma Gonsalves (R-East Meadow) called for a recess to the marathon meeting that had started at 1:30 p.m. Monday.
"The public has asked to be heard and...
