Panel hears residents' redistricting fears
Photo credit: Howard Schnapp | Nassau Legislator Carrie Solages, center, speaks out against a redistricting plan proposed last week by Republicans in the State Senate as several community organizations rally in Elmont. (Jan. 31, 2012)
A proposed state redistricting plan would dilute minority voting rights and divide close-knit communities across Nassau and Suffolk counties, local residents and community advocates told a legislative task force Thursday.
Witnesses complained that the state Senate map would keep Central Islip, North Bay Shore and Brentwood -- which have growing minority populations -- in separate districts,...
