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Peter Schmitt died on the job. The Nassau Legislature’s presiding officer was in the county executive’s office last Wednesday morning, working on next year’s budget, when he suffered a massive heart attack. more

10/11/12

Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt died suddenly last week from a heart attack he suffered in the legislative offices.

Mangano calls for special election to replace majority leader

A special election to replace Nassau County Legislator Peter Schmitt will be held on Election Day, Nov. 6. Schmitt, the Legislature’s majority leader and presiding officer, who represented the 12th District since 1995, died suddenly of a heart attack on Oct. 3. He was 62. more

By David Weingrad | 10/11/12

Legislative Presiding Officer Peter Schmitt dies

The Nassau County Legislature's majority leader, Peter Schmitt, a Republican from Massapequa, died at 11:55 a.m. on Oct. 3 after suffering a heart attack, sources said. more

By Alex Costello | 10/3/12

The New York State Comptroller’s Office will audit Nassau County’s contract procedures, according to a letter sent on Jan. 10 by the state Deputy Comptroller Steven Hancox to County Executive Ed Mangano, pictured here.

State comptroller to audit Nassau County

The New York State Comptroller’s Office will audit Nassau County’s contract procedures, according to a letter sent by the state Deputy Comptroller Steven Hancox to County Executive Ed Mangano, dated Jan. 10. more

By David Weingrad, dweingrad@liherald.com | 1/18/12

County Legislator Howard Koepl (R-Lawrence) was named legislative majority whip.

Howard Kopel named new Legislature Majority Whip

At the first meeting of the Ninth Session of the Nassau County Legislature held on Jan. 2, Legislator Howard J. Kopel (R-Lawrence) was unanimously selected by his colleagues as Alternate Deputy Presiding Officer (Majority Whip). more

1/12/12

A judge has ruled the the proposed redistricting plan will not affect the 2011 election.

No redistricting for 2011 election

Nassau County’s district lines will remain as they have been for the past eight years for the 2011 election, according to state Supreme Court Justice Steven Jaeger, who ruled last week that … more

By Lee Landor | 8/1/11

The Nassau County Legislature passed a measure to redraw the current legislative map in a vote on Tuesday. Ten Republicans voted for the plan, while seven Democrats voted against it. Legislator Denise Ford, a Republican from Long Beach, was the lone dissenting voice in her party.

New county redistricting plan passes

With a single vote on May 24, the Nassau County Legislature shifted 576,000 voters out of their current legislative districts and into new ones, while also moving certain districts, such as the 19th, across the county. more

DAVE WEINGRAD | 5/26/11

Under a Republican plan to redraw the Nassau County Legislature’s district lines, Democratic Legislator David Denenberg, of Merrick, would see his district –– the 19th –– merged with Legislator Joseph Scannell’s district –– the 5th. In effect, Democrats would lose a seat. A State Supreme Court justice, however, placed a temporary restraining order on the plan on Thursday, effectively preventing it from taking effect until the matter is decided in court. Above, Denenberg at Monday's redistricting hearing.

Democrats cheer judge’s redistricting decision

Democrats welcomed news last Thursday that a State Supreme Court justice had issued a temporary restraining order barring the Republican-controlled Nassau County Legislature from moving ahead with a plan to redraw the Legislature’s lines. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/13/11

More than 250 people turned out for a public hearing on Monday to voice their opinions on a Republican plan to redraw the Nassau County Legislature’s district lines. Among the attendees was Golena White of Hempstead.

Legislature’s redistricting hearing gets heated

In a public hearing that turned raucous at times on Monday, the Nassau County Legislature heard testimony from a long line of speakers who charged that a Republican plan to redraw the lines of the county’s 19 legislative districts would, if passed, dilute the minority vote while shifting roughly half of the county’s population –– 576,000 people in all –– into new districts. more

By Scott Brinton | 5/9/11

The Republican controlled Nassau County Legislature proposed a redistricting plan that divides the Five Towns into two districts. On the left is the existing district, on the right is the proposed plan.

Five Towns divided by GOP plan

Though reaction to the redistricting plan put forward by the Republican majority in the County Legislature has been greeted with mostly partisan reactions, local feedback focuses on the part of the proposal that would split the Five Towns into two different legislative districts. more

5/5/11

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