Town of Carmel v. Board of Supervisors

As presently constituted, the Board of Supervisors of Putnam County — consisting of one supervisor from each of the county’s six towns — is malapportioned. The court at Special Term, recognizing this, directed the board to adopt a plan of apportionment consistent with constitutional standards by July 1, 1969. In so doing, the court provided that, in the meantime and until such plan was adopted, the board should function under an interim plan employing weighted voting. The Appellate Division affirmed the resulting order.

*977We approve the weighted voting plan thus imposed upon the Board of…