Valentino v. County of Tompkins

Appeal from an order of the Supreme Court (Mulvey, J.), entered August 14, 2001 in Tompkins County, which granted defendants’ motion for summary judgment dismissing the complaint.

The Charter Review Committee (hereinafter the Committee) of the Board of Representatives (hereinafter the Board) of defendant County of Tompkins was assigned the task of reviewing potential redistricting plans for the Board based upon the 2000 census. Prior to receipt of the census data, the Committee considered various alternatives to adopting a redistricting plan in time for the November 2001 election, which…