ADDITIONAL CASES New York Communities for Change, Maria Jordan Awalom, et al., Plaintiffs v. County of Nassau, the Nassau County Legislature, et al., Defendants; 602316/2024 DECISION & ORDER The papers filed electronically on NYSCEF in Hazel Coads, et al. v. Nassau County, et al., Index No. 611872/2023 (“Action #1″), numbered 150-224 and 227, on the motion of Defendants Nassau County (“County”) and the Nassau County Legislature (“Legislature”) (collectively, “Defendants”) seeking summary judgment and such other relief as this Court deems just and proper (Motion #7); and in New York Communities for Change, et al. v. County of Nassau, et al., Index No. 602316/2024 (“Action #2″), numbered 255-329 and 332, on the motion of Defendants County, Legislature, Bruce Blakeman, in his official capacity as County Executive, Michael C. Pulitzer, in his official capacity as Clerk of the Legislature, and Howard J. Kopel, in his official capacity as Presiding Officer of the Legislature (collectively, “Defendants”) seeking summary judgment and such other relief as this Court deems just and proper (Motion #15), were read and considered in connection with the consolidated motions.1 Upon reading the foregoing papers, it is hereby ORDERED that the consolidated motions are disposed as follows. BACKGROUND These Actions both challenge the County’s 2023 Legislative Redistricting Map which became effective on February 28, 2023 (the “2023 Map”), primarily on different grounds. There is an overlapping claim of partisan gerrymandering in violation of Section 34 of the New York State Municipal Home Rule Law (“Home Rule Law”), which is brought in both Actions.2 Plaintiffs in Action #1 (“Coads Plaintiffs”) principally challenge the 2023 Map as partisan gerrymandering in violation of Section 34 of the Home Rule Law. The Coads Plaintiffs allege that the redistricting process which led to adoption of the 2023 Map was tainted because it was “highly partisan” and “largely excluded” the Democratic minority from participation in the process. See, e.g. Coads Complaint, NYSCEF # 1,
