Under some pressure from State Education Commissioner John King, the Buffalo school board is moving ahead to redistrict in time for the board election next spring. (news.wbfo.org)
He was also able to use various levers such as threatening a veto of partisan redistricted lines to obtain other legislative goals. (nystateofpolitics.com)
Prior to 2003, the county was part of New York's 31st congressional district (now the 29th), but was controversially redistricted out of that district and into what was the 27th, and was replaced in the 29th district by Rochester suburbs that had never before been part of the district. (en.wikipedia.org)