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Port North bans public urination, defecation
Continued from Page 2 miss out coming to this playground,”
Port Washington North Mayor Robert Weitzner said. “They’re going to still have fun, they’re going to still see all the amenities that a playground should have and more. Yet, the kids who are on the spectrum, the kids who are handicapped, they’re going to notice it immediately as well as their parents.”
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The Port Washington North Board of Trustees will convene again at 7:30 p.m. on Aug. 15.
Continued from Page 1 duty under the N.Y. Constitution to submit a second set of maps upon the rejection of its first set,” the court ruled.
“In granting this petition, we return the matter to its constitutional design,” Elizabeth Garry, the presiding justice, wrote in the majority opinion.
“Accordingly, we direct the I.R.C. to commence its duties forthwith.”
The commission, made up of an equal number of Democrats and Republicans, failed to reach a consensus on maps for 2022, causing the Democratically-controlled Legislature to create its own.
The Democrats’ proposal, which would have given them a strong majority of registered voters in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional districts, was said to be gerrymandered and rejected by McAllister.
The maps were eventually submitted by court-appointed a “special master” that were viewed as more neutral.
