redistricting

Redistricting is supposed to happen once a decade, after the latest Census data is released, but if New York Governor Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Tish James have their way, the state could reopen this particular can of worms.

New York’s efforts to finalize its political boundaries for the State Legislature entered a new phase last week. A Redistricting Commission – made up of equal numbers of Democrats and Republicans – released a proposed map for the New York State Assembly. This proposed map is set for public hearings over the next few months with legislative action to follow. The plan is for the new Assembly maps to be in place in time for the 2024 election.

The New York state Independent Redistricting Commission presented a new draft map of New York state Assembly districts on Thursday.

The redistricting process has a reputation for being a tough road to hoe in Albany County, where legislators recently voted down an independently redrawn map.

We’re going through the primaries for state legislators and members of Congress. It’s a mess. Some well liked and experienced legislators were thrown into the same districts so they had to compete and excellent legislators will surely be knocked out. But do the districts treat the two parties equally?

A redistricting crisis is now upon us. The new book, One Person, One Vote: A Surprising History of Gerrymandering in America, tells the history of how we got to this moment - from the Founding Fathers to today’s high-tech manipulation of election districts - and shows how to protect our most sacred, hard-fought principle of one person, one vote. Author and Professor Nick Seabrook joins us.

A race between two incumbent New York State Senators is shaping up in the lower Hudson Valley.

A court-appointed special master has issued final New York Congressional and State Senate maps after a draft set was released for public comment on Monday.

A Republican primary could be shaping up between two Capital Region lawmakers in the newly proposed 44th New York state Senate District.

Ahead of Friday’s deadline, the Democratic mayors of five Capital Region cities are urging the court-appointed special master to keep their communities together in New York’s new 20th Congressional District.