Suffolk lawmakers taking up district map
Photo credit: Daniel Goodrich | Suffolk presiding officer William Lindsay (Jan. 17, 2006)
Suffolk Presiding Officer William Lindsay (D-Holbrook) has proposed the county legislature take over redrawing district lines after a nonpartisan reapportionment commission missed its Feb. 1 deadline for completing a plan.
However, Minority Leader John Kennedy (R-Nesconset) has filed a competing bill giving the current eight-member commission until June 1 to come up with new district lines.
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