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YATAURO v. MANGANO

No. 218

17 N.Y.3d 420 (2011)

955 N.E.2d 343

931 N.Y.S.2d 36

DIANE YATAURO et al., Appellants, v. EDWARD P. MANGANO, as Nassau County Executive, et al., Respondents, and WILLIAM T. BIAMONTE, Appellant.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided August 30, 2011.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Jaspan Schlesinger LLP, Garden City ( Steven R. Schlesinger of counsel), for Diane Yatauro and others, appellants.

Thomas J. Garry, Mineola, for William T. Biamonte, appellant.

John Ciampoli, County Attorney, Mineola ( Joseph Nocella,   Alpa Sanghvi,   Dennis J. Saffran and Andrew K. Preston of counsel), for Edward P. Mangano and another, respondents.

Bee Ready Fishbein Hatter & Donovan, LLP, Mineola ( Peter A. Bee,   William C. De Witt,   Stephen L. Martir and Court Cousins of counsel), and Ryan, Brennan & Donnelly, LLP, Floral Park ( John E. Ryan of counsel), for Peter J. Schmitt and others, respondents.

Carrie M. Solages, Elmont, amicus curiae pro se.

Chief Judge LIPPMAN and Judges CIPARICK, READ, SMITH, PIGOTT and JONES concur in per curiam opinion.

OPINION OF THE COURT

Per Curiam.

In 1994, pursuant to a judicial determination that the system of "weighted voting" used by the local legislative body ran afoul of the Equal Protection Clause (see Jackson v Nassau County Bd. of Supervisors, 818 F.Supp. 509, 535 [ED NY 1993]), the Nassau County Board of Supervisors passed Local Law No. 11-1994 of the County of Nassau...

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