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Wheatley Heights group contests revised map

A group of Wheatley Heights residents filed a federal lawsuit Thursday against the Suffolk County Legislature, claiming that lawmakers violated their civil rights when they redrew district lines that split their community.

The lawsuit, filed in U.S. District Court in Central Islip, asks the judge to strike down the new lines because they violate the federal Voting Rights Act of 1965 and to...

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