Brooklyn Heights Ass'n v. Macchiarola

OPINION OF THE COURT

In 1989, the structure of the New York City Board of *104Estimate was declared unconstitutional because it violated the Equal Protection guarantee of "one person, one vote” (New York City Bd. of Estimate v Morris, 489 US 688). Consequently, the Board of Estimate was abolished and some of its powers, by vote of the electorate of New York City, were transferred to the City Council, which in 1991 was expanded from 35 to 51 members (NY City Charter § 22). The task of redrawing the Council districts was assigned under the referendum to the bipartisan City Districting Commission,…