In February 2024, the New York Civil Liberties Union, American Civil Liberties Union, LatinoJustice PRLDEF, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and Steptoe LLP filed a state lawsuit to give protection to the electoral energy of Nassau County’s communities of colour.
Though citizens of colour make up over a 3rd of Nassau County’s eligible electorate, the Legislature drew a map that best creates 4 districts out of nineteen the place Black, Latino, and Asian citizens represent a majority of eligible electorate. The NYVRA obviously prohibits racial vote dilution and New York Municipal Home Rule Law establishes strict, rank-ordered necessities for county legislative redistricting, of which the Nassau County Legislature obviously didn’t comply.
The ACLU, NYCLU, and their companions constitute New York Communities for Change and 4 particular person electorate, all of whom live in impacted districts. This lawsuit is the primary prison problem to a districting scheme introduced underneath a state balloting rights act.