By Jeff Wice & Alexis Marking
This week- Nassau County Legislative Map Trial Gets Underway, NYS Voting Rights Act Appeal
N.Y. VOTING RIGHTS ACT LITIGATION
Nassau County Legislature: Coads et al. v. Nassau County & NY Communities for Change (NYCC) v. Nassau County
A trial gets underway tomorrow where the most serious challenge to Nassau County’s legislative maps since 1994 gets underway in White Plains. The case was removed from Nassau to Westchester County … <Read More>
On November 18, 2024, the New York City Department of Transportation (DOT) announced that New Yorkers now have access to more public space on the Manhattan side of the Brooklyn Bridge. It builds on last year’s opening of “The Arches,” a stretch of public open space adjacent to the Brooklyn Bridge, announced in honor of the 140th anniversary of the Brooklyn Bridge’s 1883 opening. The space’s name refers to the adjacent 53 arches along … <Read More>
By Mark Chiusano
There are countless ways to demonstrate the forever-controversial nature of alternate side parking (ASP) in New York City, but only one involves Mayor Ed Koch’s voice whining from a mechanical street sweeper.
That was the gimmick the then-mayor unveiled in 1988 to encourage illegally parked cars to move, so the street sweepers could clean. “Get it outta here,” his tape-recorded voice implored.
It’s just one example of how alternate side parking – … <Read More>
By Jeff Wice, Alexis Marking & Jennifer Hutz.
This week- Onondaga County Legislature Has a New Map, Nassau County Loses Motion to Dismiss Redistricting Challenge, New Report on Urban Voter Turnout, Let Non-Profits Assist in LUCAREDISTRICTING
Onondaga County Legislature Finally Has a New Map
After prolonged litigation, the Onondaga County Legislature approved a new map on a party line vote last week. Previously, a state supreme court judge held that the county failed … <Read More>
By Jeff Wice & Alexis Marking
N.Y. ELECTIONS, CENSUS & REDISTRICTING UPDATE
This week- NYS Voting Rights Act On Appeal; Census Questions, Party Registrations see GOP Uptick
N.Y. VOTING RIGHTS ACT LIGITATION
Orange County: Clarke et al. v. Newburgh
On November 26th, the Campaign Legal Center, the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern California, and the American Civil Liberties Union of Northern California filed a brief as amici curiae in support of the Clarke … <Read More>
On November 8, 2024, New York City Department of Design and Construction Commissioner Thomas Foley announced the completion of a two-year construction project in Bayside, Queens. This project was managed by the Department of Design and Construction on behalf of the Department of Transportation.