Mayor Adams Appoints NY City Redistricting Commission Members
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by jeffwice
2y ago
NYC Mayor Eric Adams appointed his seven members to serve on the city council redistricting commission today. His appointees include: Hon. Marilyn D. Go served as a federal Magistrate Judge for the United States District Court for the Eastern District of New York from 1993 to 2019. She previously worked as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Civil Division of the Eastern District of New York from 1978 to 1982. She then joined the law firm Baden Kramer Huffman Brodsky & Go, where she became a partner in 1984. Go began her career as clerk for Court of Common Pleas Judge William Marutani. Maria ..read more
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NY Litigation Update: Harkenrider et al v. Hochul et al
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by jeffwice
2y ago
On March 3, Steuben County State Supreme Court Judge Patrick McAllister permitted the challenge against the state’s new congressional and state senate maps to proceed, ruling that: The case against the State Senate can be added to the case along with the Congressional challenge.  The motion to dismiss with respect to the standing challenges was dismissed.  The Governor and Lt. Governor would not be dismissed as respondents as they had requested. Limited discovery would be permitted must conclude by March 12. The 2022 elections will proceed using the new maps. On March 1, the Petiti ..read more
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Is the NY Congressional Plan A Gerrymander?
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by jeffwice
2y ago
Guest Column by SUNY Binghamton Professor Jonathan Krasno NYS’s congressional map has been derided as a partisan gerrymander by both Republicans and nonpartisan observers, mostly because Democrats are poised to gain seats under the new lines. Changes from the status quo is a poor way to evaluate any map. The facts here suggest that NYS’s map is not a partisan gerrymander by Democrats. The problem with using the status quo as a baseline is obvious: it might be biased, too, no matter who created it. In the case of NYS’s congressional map, the mapmaker was officially nonpartisan, a federal magist ..read more
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Redistricting Fight In New York Shifts To Courts
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by jeffwice
2y ago
Nick Reisman covers the new lawsuit challenging the state’s congressional map here. While the complaint (see last posting) seeks court rejection of the congressional map only, an additional challenge to the state legislative map is also anticipated. From State of Politics: “The maps just signed into law are unconstitutional partisan gerrymanders that attempt to rig New York elections for the next decade in defiance of the will of the voters and with blatant disregard for New York’s Constitution,”  said attorneys Misha Tseytlin and Republican former state Sen. George Winner. “These new map ..read more
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Breaking News: First Lawsuit Filed Against New York Congressional Redistricting Plan
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by jeffwice
2y ago
A complaint has been filed in Steuben County State Supreme Court seeking to prevent use of the congressional plan approved by the New York State Legislature yesterday. The case was filed by attorneys from Washington, DC, Chicago, IL and by former State Senator and redistricting commission member George Winner. The 14 plaintiffs reside in localities across the state. Defendants include the Governor, Lt. Governor, Senate President Pro Tem, Speaker of the Assembly, and LATFOR. Plaintiffs are asking the court to reject the congressional plan, prevent its use in this year’s elections, draw a court ..read more
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Republicans Gearing Up for Redistricting Challenges
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by jeffwice
2y ago
In Politics NY, I review recent court challenges to redistricting maps and why these challenges are hard to win. In State of Politics, Nick Reisman takes a look at how the Republicans may be preparing for court challenges to the state’s new plans (yet to be signed by the Governor. City & State’s Sara Dorn also looks at litigation in a column published today ..read more
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Redistricting: Who Will Draw Your Lines?
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by jeffwice
2y ago
Jeff Wice at New York Law School has authored a column on court challenges to redistricting. “In 2012, the New York State Court of Appeals held  in a challenge to the increase in the size of the Senate that “acts of the Legislature are entitled to a strong presumption of constitutionality  and we will upset the balance struck by the Legislature and declare the [redistricting] plan unconstitutional only when it can be shown beyond reasonable doubt that it conflicts with the fundamental law, and that until every reasonable mode of reconciliation of the statute with the Constitution has ..read more
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New York Senate Majority Leader: If Needed, Legislature Will Re­dis­trict Rea­sonably; Zebrowski Appointed to LATFOR
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by jeffwice
2y ago
In an interview with Casey Seiler of the Times Union that was livestreamed and as reported by Nick Reisman in Spectrum News, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said “We can draw maps that make sense, that are contiguous, that make sense and are rational and reasonable if we have to do that,” she told The Times Union’s Casey Seiler in a livestream interview Wednesday. “In a related move on Tuesday, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie’s office announced Assemblyman Ken Zebrowski will serve as the co-chair of the Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionme ..read more
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Will N.Y.’s Redistricting Commission Reach Consensus If There’s a Second Set of Maps?
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by jeffwice
2y ago
In State of Politics, Tim Williams talked to NY Independent Redistricting Commission Vice Chair Jack Martins who discussed how the commission might reach consensus if the first set of maps are rejected by the state legislature. ““There are some people, who, perhaps if they are cynical, would think it was by design, understanding that this process automatically defaults to the Legislature,” Martins said. “ “….If both of the commission’s proposals are rejected by the Legislature, the Legislature would be in charge of drawing the new district lines. Martins said the commissioners are “commit ..read more
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September 28 Webinar: Redistricting and Census Data
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by jeffwice
2y ago
The N.Y. Census & Redistricting Institute at New York Law School is hosting a webinar on “Redistricting: Working With Census Data” on Tuesday, September 28 from 4:00 to 5:30 PM. Speakers include Steve Romalewski (CUNY Mapping Service, Jan Vink (Cornell University) and Jose Galarza (Redistricting Data Hub). The event will be moderated by Marissa Zanfardino (New York Law School) Register for the event here: www.nyls.edu/CensusRSVP ..read more
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