Goosby v. Town Bd. of the Town of Hempstead, NY

FINDINGS OF FACT AND CONCLUSIONS OF LAW

GLEESON, District Judge:

This is an action brought under Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act of 1965, 42 U.S.C. § 1973, and the First, Thirteenth, and Fourteenth Amendments to the United States Constitution. Plaintiffs, African-American 1 citizens of the Town of Hempstead (the “Town”), challenge the at-large voting practice used in the Town to elect the six Council-members who sit on the Town Board of the Town of Hempstead (the “Town Board”). Plaintiffs contend that this system dilutes the voting strength of the minority population in the Town in violation…