Brooklyn Heights Ass'n v. Macchiarola

Sullivan, J. P. (dissenting).

As the majority has stated, this appeal follows a proceeding wherein one Justice of the Supreme Court modified the plan of the 15-member, nonpartisan *30Districting Commission insofar as Districts 1, 33 and 38 are concerned. Since I believe that the action of the Supreme Court was unwarranted and based upon an improper analysis of the facts and the law, I dissent.

At the outset, it is important to know exactly what area is involved in these proceedings: it is Furman Street from Atlantic Avenue to the Brooklyn Bridge and west including the upland areas of Piers 1…