Sentences with phrase «new redistricting plan»

The new redistricting plan would leave each of those two boroughs with nine.

It's no secret why Perry signed a brand new redistricting plan the week of the VRA decision.

That being said, it pains me to see the North Fork split up in the new redistricting plan put forward by the Majority,» Mr. Losquadro said in a statement.

After the 2010 decennial census, Maryland enacted a new redistricting plan in October 2011 for its eight congressional districts.

Not exact matches

Koch is opposed to the New York State legislature's redistricting plan, but he's not surprised that Turner is losing his district.

Earlier in 2012, a three - judge panel approved a New York State Congressional redistricting plan that was strikingly similar to Unity Maps proposed by the same coalition.

Even more troubling is the fact that the new county redistricting plans, which don't go into effect until 2014, have already been finalized, so any hope that the district could be redrawn to better serve the North Fork is lost.

The court - drawn redistricting plan changed all that, putting the entire new district inside the borders of Monroe County — a move seen as a boon to Brooks.

The initial version said that the legislature could redraw the lines, if the new commission's redistricting plan is rejected by the Senate and the Assembly.

And a court - ordered redistricting plan has forced many incumbents in New York to woo voters they have not previously represented.

Democratic Governor Jay Nixon vetoed the legislature's congressional redistricting plan, but on May 4, 2011, the legislature overrode the veto and the new map became law.

New Roosevelt Initiative founder Bill Samuels told me on CapTon last night he plans to up the ante in his push for redistricting reform by targeting two Republican senators in their home districts.

Koch, who was joined at today's event by Citizens Union Executive Director Dick Dadey and former city Parks Commissioner Henry Stern, who heads the good government group New York Civic, said he received signed pledges from all three GOP gubernatorial candidates and a letter from presumptive Democratic nominee, AG Andrew Cuomo, agreeing to veto any redistricting plan that is conducted in the traditional, politically - driven manner.

Gibson currently represents about half the new Catskill / Hudson Valley district, drawn up by a judge this spring after the state legislature could not agree on a redistricting plan.

Azi Paybarah, a senior writer at Capital New York, opened his Morning Briefing column with my NY Post Op - Ed critiquing a federal magistrate judge's congressional redistricting plan.

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)-- The New York Senate's Republican majority proposed a legislative redistricting plan Thursday that contorted what are supposed to be compact election districts into some odd shapes to connect dwindling Republican pockets in the blue state.

In addition to 2012 - 13 being the final school year before the largest piece of the comprehensive elementary redistricting plan is put into action, there's also a new state - mandated teacher evaluation system in place.

By early evening, Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders had reached a deal on a number of issues including a redistricting plan, expansion of the state's DNA data base, pension reform, and a constitutional amendment to allow up to seven new gambling casinos in New Yonew gambling casinos in New YoNew York.

The 2003 Texas redistricting refers to a controversial mid-decade state plan that defined new Congressional districts.

The report, Can The Plan: How The 2012 Redistricting Deal Denies New Yorkers Fair Representation And The Fundamentally Flawed Redistricting «Reform,» examined the populations of Assembly and Senate districts.

It's hard to see how there's even time for Koch's scheme: Setting up a new panel would take weeks or months, and New York needs a redistricting plan by year's enew panel would take weeks or months, and New York needs a redistricting plan by year's eNew York needs a redistricting plan by year's end.

They passed legislation creating a gaming amendment to the state constitution, a new teacher evaluation system, an all - crimes DNA database, pension reform and a legislative redistricting plan.

What that means is that Lampson, who held the 9th District from 1996 until 2004 when a DeLay - backed redistricting plan put him in a new district and ultimately led to his defeat, will have to overperform the Democratic presidential nominee by a significant margin.

Despite promises otherwise, in 2012, the governor agreed to an awful redistricting plan that gave incumbents even more protection and which left New Yorkers with the only option of keeping a lousy system in place or approving a new system that offers virtually no improvements for years to coNew Yorkers with the only option of keeping a lousy system in place or approving a new system that offers virtually no improvements for years to conew system that offers virtually no improvements for years to come.

Scott has delayed the implementation of two new redistricting amendments passed by voters, released an ambitious education agenda, pushed for $ 2 billion in tax cuts in the midst of budget troubles and, most recently, inflamed state legislators by rejecting a plan to build a high - speed rail system between Tampa and Orlando.

Following the implementation of Alaska's 2011 redistricting plan, French announced that he would he would start campaigning in his new district early to overcome a lack of name recognition.

Espaillat's declaration — forecasted by Daily News columnist Juan Gonzalez last week — comes as Rangel, whose territory has changed under New York's new Congressional redistricting plans, has tried to quash buzz that he planned to run again only to resign and anoint a successor of his choiNew York's new Congressional redistricting plans, has tried to quash buzz that he planned to run again only to resign and anoint a successor of his choinew Congressional redistricting plans, has tried to quash buzz that he planned to run again only to resign and anoint a successor of his choice.

«If a new district were to open up, I would take a good, serious look at it,» he said, adding that the roundtable's plan received significant support during a series of public hearings before the state's redistricting committee.

The district has begun exploring short - term options, such as redistricting or additional portable classroom, as plans are developed for either constructing a new intermediate school or a permanent 16 - to - 20 classroom annex onto West Hill.

Trial counsel in Federal and State courts on behalf of the State of New Jersey Legislative Reapportionment Commission successfully defending New Jersey's legislative redistricting plan.

Surprised the Florida Legislature didn't try this: Just as happened in Florida a few years ago, the state supreme court in Pennsylvania overturned a partisan, gerrymandered congressional redistricting plan and, after the Republican - led state legislature and the Democratic governor couldn't agree on a new one, the court drew one up and ordered it to be put in place.