People with Web access should be able to view the bimonthly meetings of the Nassau County Legislature and its committees online by May 1, the presiding officer, Legis. Diane Yatauro (D-Glen Cove), said earlier this month.
“It’ll be about as exciting as watching paint dry,” Yatauro said just two days after the legislature held its first meeting in the renovated Theodore Roosevelt Executive and Legislative Building in Mineola.
The new hearing room has the legislators on an elevated platform far removed from the audience. But the room is stocked with the latest gizmos — including flat-panel monitors at the seats of the 19 legislators, and four large screens hanging from the ceilings and facing the audience.
Each legislator will also be able to vote electronically, and that should begin in about a month, Yatauro said.
The webcasts can be seen on the Nassau County Web site at no added cost to the county, she said.
Bill Murphy