Feb 21, 2012 5:30 PM
A map of the proposed 1st Assembly District.
New York State Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Jr. wants to revise a redistricting proposal currently being considered in Albany that would create a sole East End district encompassing much of the North and South forks.
Mr. Thiele, an Independence Party member who was critical of the way the new lines were drawn—they were crafted by a task force of legislators instead of a nonpartisan commission—initially said he didn’t mind one East End district, which, under the current plan, would have him gaining the towns of Southold and Shelter Island from Assemblyman Dan Losquadro’s district.
But after Southold Town officials voiced opposition to being separated from the North Fork, and particularly Riverhead Town, at a public hearing on the proposal earlier this month, Mr. Thiele said he now favors creating a Brookhaven Town/North... more
Mr. Thiele, an Independence Party member who was critical of the way the new lines were drawn—they were crafted by a task force of legislators instead of a nonpartisan commission—initially said he didn’t mind one East End district, which, under the current plan, would have him gaining the towns of Southold and Shelter Island from Assemblyman Dan Losquadro’s district.
But after Southold Town officials voiced opposition to being separated from the North Fork, and particularly Riverhead Town, at a public hearing on the proposal earlier this month, Mr. Thiele said he now favors creating a Brookhaven Town/North... more
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