Sentences with phrase «drawing new district lines»

MAYVILLE - A non-partisan group of county residents charged with drawing new district lines for the Chautauqua County Legislature have finalized and approved a plan to be considered by lawmakers.

The Times urges voters not to believe Senate President Malcolm Smith when he says Democrats can be «fair» about drawing new district lines.

Along with just about everyone else in the media and Florida politics, I've had lengthy chats with Lee about his future since a judge drew new district lines that essentially forced him to make a tough decision.

Instead, we drew new district lines based on «communities of interest,» which are recognized under the Voting Rights Act and extend beyond race and ethnicity.

The amendment would require the legislature to pick a ten member commission to draw the new district lines the next time they are required by the census, in 2020.

Not exact matches

Drawing Along Party Lines: Looking at Pennsylvania's new congressional - district map, one thing is clear: It's impossible to scrub politics from map - making.

Anyway, with this year's post-Census line - drawing just about done (about whose implications you were warned in 2009), Google's put together a handy map of new Congressional districts across the country:

The map to the right depicts New York's congressional district lines as drawn following the 2010 United States Census.

Mike Scala is running for Congress in NY - 6, and he wants the new district lines drawn to be reflective of ethnic populations.

Dadey's group, along with former New York City Mayor Ed Koch, have been pressing lawmakers to draw fair district lines that benefit voters, not politicians.

The Senate and Assembly must complete newly drawn district lines in the first few weeks of the year, and Cuomo has threatened to veto new lines that are not drawn in a non partisan manner by an independent commission.

«As we look forward to a vigorous political agenda for 2012, including a Presidential primary, a US Senate race, and newly drawn line for Congressional and legislative districts, this leadership team, along with our tremendous staff in Albany and New York City, ensures that our State Party is fully prepared to meet the challenges ahead,» Cox said.

In 2012, he pushed to reduce pension benefits for new public employees in exchange for allowing legislators to draw their own district lines, breaking a campaign promise to reformers and helping Republicans retain their grip on power in the state Senate.

Kahn directed the county to draw five majority - minority districts based on the black populations alone but nonetheless urged officials «not to ignore cross-racial voter coalitions in creating» the new lines.

New York will now have 27 seats in the House, down from the current 29, the U.S. Census Bureau announced, prompting what is sure to be a long and heated battle over where the new district lines are draNew York will now have 27 seats in the House, down from the current 29, the U.S. Census Bureau announced, prompting what is sure to be a long and heated battle over where the new district lines are dranew district lines are drawn.

The state's Democratic congressional roster could grow by half a dozen, a huge boost for the party's bid to take back the House this fall, thanks to new district lines drawn by the state's highest court.

Political lines are being drawn as the Republican candidates battle for their party's nomination in New York's 27th Congressional district.

«Senators truly committed to reform should support both an independent redistricting process and new district lines,» he said, adding that the non-competitive elections created by partisan line - drawing are «the main source of Albany's dysfunction.»

«Nothing in the judge's decision changes the fact that power is being taken away from legislators and given back to New Yorkers,» said Dadey, who says the amendment will «ensure that no lines, no districts are drawn for political advantage anymore».

If approved by voters those propositions will: 1) Create a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.&raqnew state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.&raqNew York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

«Drawing new legislative and congressional district lines will be high on Albany's 2012 agenda.

New York, despite the fact that it is dominated by Democrats, had a handful of competitive congressional races in 2012, thanks to the fact that a judge — not the state Legislature — drew the district lines.

The redistricting order, which came after the State Assembly and Senate gave up trying to draw new Congressional lines, reduced the number of districts in New York to 27 from 29, as was required as a result of the 2010 censnew Congressional lines, reduced the number of districts in New York to 27 from 29, as was required as a result of the 2010 censNew York to 27 from 29, as was required as a result of the 2010 census.

Elected officials and political insiders pay close attention to this arcane process of map - drawing, because they understand well that new district lines could result in major shifts of political power.

In 2002 the new district lines were drawn with a Democratic advantage of 41,100 voters, which has stayed at 41k through April 2010.

Tyner had been targeting Gibson since last summer, long before new lines for the 19th Congressional District were drawn.

State lawmakers are currently at work drawing up new district lines; what emerges from those sessions could have major ramifications for the Hudson Valley's political scene.

First, they were permitted to draw the new Senate district lines in a manner widely viewed as favorable to the GOP, after Governor Andrew Cuomo backed off on a threat to veto what he said were «hyper political, hyper partisan lines».

Legislative leaders are crafting a constitutional amendment to create a bi partisan panel to draw new legislative and congressional district lines after the next census in 2020.

And the GOP was able to draw new Senate district lines that favor Republicans, including the creation of a 63rd Senate seat, which attempts to capture Republican voter pockets in the Mohawk and Hudson Valleys.

He engineered the drawing of new lines around Burling's upstate district in 2012, said well - placed sources on both sides of the aisle in Albany.

Under the new lines of the district, drawn by a federal judge, voters would have gone about by a pretty similar margin for Obama in the 2008 election.

This process will take time since not only are new legislative districts being drawn, but also new election districts must be drawn to reflect these new legislative lines.

There are three ballot propositions on the November ballot: 1) Creation of a redistricting commission to draw the new state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.&raqnew state legislative and House of Representatives» district lines every 10 years, with the commission members appointed by the state legislative leaders, 2) amend the current constitutional requirement of distributing paper versions of proposed bills to state legislators to allow for electronic distribution and 3) authorize New York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.&raqNew York State to borrow up to $ 2 billion for school funding, with a stated purpose of «improving learning and opportunity for public and nonpublic school students», including the purchase of equipment, expanding school broadband access, building classrooms for pre-K and replacing trailers and installing «high - tech security features.»

But the third question will likely be the most contentious: Changes in New York State's process for drawing legislative district lines.

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She said because the county has independent redistricting, which requires that new legislative district lines be drawn after every census, term limits are unnecessary.

ALBANY — Even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo leveled a threat to veto new legislative district lines that legislators have drawn for themselves, he left himself open to a negotiated solution that would preserve their control over maps that will be in place for the next ten years.

Senator Duane and other Senate Democrats are still smarting from Cuomo's authorization of new district lines for the Senate that they say were drawn to favor majority party republicans.

«One, is the gerrymandering that occurs allowing lawmakers to draw their own district lines... [two is] a disgraceful campaign finance system that allows them to hit up special interests for ridiculous amounts of money,» said Blair Horner, executive director at the New York Public Interest Research Group, referring to a lack of «pay - to - play» restrictions on campaign donors with government business.

When the State Senate and Assembly deadlocked over how to gerrymander the districts, he allowed a court to draw the Congressional lines for New York without offering any input.

On the state level, the new Senate lines were originally drawn so that Sens. Gianaris and Jose Peralta (D - East Elmhurst) were in the same district.

She does not need to this election cycle due the drawing of the new district lines.

The New York People's Convention, a group funded heavily by Bill Samuels, a New York City businessman and promoter over the years of everything from improving how congressional and legislative district lines are drawn to term limits, has raised — and spent — $ 251,000 on a Proposal 1 yes effort.

ReShapeNY wants to see the new maps vetted by an «impartial» panel applying «a clear and objective set of criteria for drawing district lines and a public explanation as to how and why each individual district was drawn.»

This is where you can draw a direct line between the collective - bargaining changes Walker is seeking in his now - famous budget - adjustment bill and the budget bill introduced this week: He is trying to give school districts a new, non-traditional way to handle budget reductions.

The New York Times is a raging inferno of art world scoops tonight with the paper's City Room blog revealing the High Line's ambitions to install Jeff Koons's Train over the former railroad tracks that have become a central draw to Manhattan and essential to the revival of the Meat Packing District, including the future site of the Whitney Museum:

The simple line drawings by Farago Design are wonderfully detailed, illustrating some of the most iconic buildings in the Wall Street district of New York.