PHOTO COURTESY OF THE NASSAU COUNTY LEGISLATURE

9th District.

The 9th District population will increase by 1,160 residents, the 10th District will increase by 780, and the 18th District will increase by 709, but the 11th District population will decrease by 246, according to data released by the Legislature. The 9th District’s population increase is the second-largest under the newly drawn map, with 18 fewer residents than the 2nd District.

The GOP’s Nicolello is the 9th District legislator, the 10th District is represented by

Republican Legislator Mazi Melesa Pilip, the 11th District is represented by Democrat Delia DeRiggi-Whitton and the 18th District is represented by Josh Lafazan, who ran in this past year’s Democratic primary for the state’s 3rd Congressional District.

Abrahams bashed the GOP proposal for “diluting the voting power of minority communities across” Nassau County, including having an “Asian-American infuence district.” In 2010, Asian Americans made up 7.6 percent of Nassau’s population, which increased to 11.7 percent in 2020, according to data from the U.S. Census.

Abrahams said the map goes against parts of the federal Voting Rights Act and the John. R. Lewis Voting Rights Act of New York.

The map was last redrawn in 2013. Democratic ofcials have chastised Republicans for their lack of transparency in developing the 2023 map. They contend that the Republican map allows ofcials to select their representatives rather than the public.

Republicans held a 12-7 majority in the Legislature before Republican Steve Rhoads stepped down to become a state senator. A special election Tuesday to fll Rhoads’s seat will decide if the majority will return to 12-7 or not.

The Legislature was put in charge of reviewing maps, presented by the county’s Temporary Districting Advisory Commission, which split along party lines and failed to agree on a map of its own.

Commission Chairman Frank X. Moroney said in December that Democratic Committee member David Mejias’ prediction of litigation was something he had heard from the start of the redistricting process.

Moroney said Republican ofcials asked the Democratic commission to work across the aisle, saying the Democrats “did not want to do that.”

“The only thing that happened here is that the Republicans of Nassau County have guaranteed litigation over an illegal map,” Mejias said in December. “If and when they lose, it’s going to cost the taxpayers millions of dollars.”