By Barrett Seaman— In the first few months after receiving a letter from a law firm representing five Hispanic-American residents of the Village of Sleepy Hollow, alleging that the town’s “at-large” voting system systematically discriminated against Hispanics, the Town Board of Mt. Pleasant, which includes Sleepy Hollow, initially responded by the book. They stated that they would review the process within the 90 days allotted by the New York State’s year-old John R. Lewis Voting Rights Act; they would hire […]
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