Sentences with phrase «redistricting proposal»

A "redistricting proposal" refers to a plan or suggestion to redraw the boundaries of electoral districts within a region or country. It involves dividing the area into different sections to ensure fair representation for political purposes, such as voting in elections. Full definition
Assemblyman Rory Lancman is very interested in running for Congress, but like every aspiring candidate in New York at the moment, he's waiting to see how a federal judge will react to the vastly different redistricting proposals submitted by the Republican State Senate and Democratic Assembly.
State Assemblyman Dan Losquadro has rallied the forces in response to the Assembly redistricting proposal recently announced by a committee of the state legislature, which would place Southold and Shelter Island in the same Assembly district as the South Fork.
Shelter Island's first - term Assemblyman Dan Losquadro (R - Riverhead) on Thursday spoke against a state redistricting proposal that would shift his district to extend from Riverhead to the west and remove both Southold and Shelter Island from his constituency.
With a week to go until Election Day, his full - throated support of the bond act — Proposal 3 on the ballot — contrasts with Cuomo's activism for a much - discussed redistricting proposal that will appear in the first position.
And he was one of the Democrats who marched out of the Senate chamber rather than vote for a scandalous redistricting proposal in 2012 that created district maps designed to keep legislators from losing their seats.
A formal redistricting proposal has not yet made its way to the City Council.
The governor submits a state legislative redistricting proposal (an advisory commission appointed by the governor assists in drafting this proposal).
Redistricting proposal for NYS has just been released, and has come under great criticism and a possible veto by Cuomo.
Judge L. Todd Burke, like many other African - American judges in Superior Court, would find himself in a district with another incumbent judge under the most recent versions of a judicial redistricting proposal.
The focus has been on the Senate GOP - controlled plan, but since both the Senate AND Assembly redistricting proposals must be in one bill (it remains to be seen what happens with the House lines), rejecting one would automatically result in the death of the other.
Over the last 48 hours, New York's media, including The Politicker, has been breathlessly providing wall - to - wall coverage of the Senate Republicans» and Assembly Democrats» redistricting proposals, which were finally released around midnight last night.
Under the redistricting proposal submitted by the state Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, the Rockaways would be split, with Addabbo's district representing the western Rockaway neighborhoods, including Breezy Point and Rockaway Park, while Huntley would represent Arverne and Far Rockaway.
Four former members of the state Assembly who at one time represented the North Fork have added their voices to those opposing a redistricting proposal that would — once again — unite the North and South forks into a single seat.
State Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I - Sag Harbor) could become Southold and Shelter Island's new representative in the State Assembly, if a redistricting proposal released today by the New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment takes effect.
Assemblyman Fred Thiele (I - Sag Harbor) would become Southold and Shelter Island's new representative if a redistricting proposal released Jan. 26 by a state legislative committee takes effect.
Last night, the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle posted 14 minutes of audio from Governor Andrew Cuomo's interview with their editorial board, the same discussion where he outlined a clear alternative to vetoing the legislature's redistricting proposal.
Good government groups maintain Mr. Cuomo could still «win» the battle for reform by vetoing the legislature's redistricting proposal and letting the courts intervene in the absence of a signed agreement.
Syracuse, N.Y. — Syracuse's two state senators won big in the state's redistricting proposal, with a well - entrenched Republican inheriting a new but more conservative district and a black sheep Democrat losing rural areas in exchange for more liberal - leaning neighborhoods within the city.
Two state officials say the Senate's Republican majority and the Assembly's Democratic majority likely won't be able to submit their redistricting proposals by midnight tonight.
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