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Redistricting Forum 2011
Redistricting: An Introduction
Redistricting Q&A Brochure
NYS Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment
Summary of work we have done
Resources
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Latest Update: Compare Your Congressional District Boundaries

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Redistricting Forum, 2011

This recording of the meeting, produced and edited by the Manhattan Neighborhood Network, features Joanne Pugh (Legislative Action Committee Co-Chair/Moderator), Myrna Perez (Counsel, Brennan Center), Hakeem Jeffries (Member of the New York State Assembly), and Jeff Reichert (showing clips from his recent film Gerrymandering). 

Redistricting: An Introduction

The 2010 census results will provide data on population shifts at the national and state levels that will be used to redraw Congressional, State Senate and Assembly, and New York City Council districts which will prevail for the next ten years. New York State will lose two Congressional seats, and changes in population distribution within the state will result in important changes in the remaining district lines. The redistricting process should be removed from partisan influences which have dominated in the past. The League believes that the new lines should be drawn by an independent, non-partisan commission, not by legislators who have a vested interest in preserving their own political careers and promoting the dominance of their respective parties. We also believe that the process should be completely transparent and that the public should be allowed to participate at every stage. Since its founding over 90 years ago, the League has stood for fair and equitable representation for New Yorkers.

Redistricting Q&A Brochure

This guide, compiled by the League of Women Voters of the City of New York, answers the most commonly asked questions about the redistricting process such as, "What is the difference between reapportionment and redistricting?", "Who decides which Congressional and State Legislative districts I'm in?", "What are the criteria for redrawing Congressional and State Legislative districts?" and more. Feel free to print and share this helpful brochure.

NYS Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment

The Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR) was established to research and study the techniques and methodologies to be used by the U.S. Commerce Departments' bureau of the Census in carrying out the decennial federal census. The Task Force provides technical plans for meeting the requirements of legislative timetables for the reapportionment of Senate, Assembly and Congressional districts and conducts research projects relating to the collection and use of census data and other statistical information. For more information about LATFOR click here.

Follow this link to read the League's testimony at a LATFOR hearing in Albany on January 31, 2012.

 

Summary of work we have done

The Legislative Action Committee has been reaching out to the community to advocate for non partisan redistricting. Redistricting study and advocacy has long been a League priority. This year's effort is even more rigorous because there will be substantial changes in the lines of election districts due to the loss of two electoral districts mandated by the 2010 Census and because there is a new allocation of those incarcerated to their last known residence.

The Committee joined with the Brennan Center and the Women's City Club to present a public forum on redistricting on February 24th. The forum included background information on the importance of nonpartisan redistricting, a presentation by film maker Jeff Reichert of film clips from his recent highly regarded documentary about Gerrymandering, a discussion by Assemblyman Jeffries (who was, himself, the target of partisan redistricting), and experts from the Brennan Center.

We testified at the State Senator Dilan's Committee Hearings on Redistricting in New York City on Tuesday, December 14. (The State League spoke more extensively in the second round of hearings in Albany on December 16.)

Resources

  1. A Citizen's Guide to Redistricing, 2010 Edition
    http://www.brennancenter.org/content/resource/a_citizens_guide_to_redistricting_2010_edition
  2. The Case for Redistricting Reform
    http://www.lwvny.org/advocacy/redistricting/RedistrictingReform%20Paper_1010.pdf
  3. Gerrymandering: the movie
    http://www.gerrymanderingmovie.com/
  4. Roll Call article: "Redistricting Reform is Tough Every Time"
    http://www.rollcall.com/issues/56_59/-201450-1.html?ET=rollcall:e9454:80095260a:&st=email&pos=epol
  5. New York Senate Redistricting Website
    http://www.nysenate.gov/initiative/redistrictinghttp://
  6. 2010 Census Results
    http://2010.census.gov/2010census/
  7. Myrna Perez of the Brennan Center for Justice Discusses the Upcoming Legislative Redistricting Process in the 50 States
    http://wwww.c-spanvideo.org/program/LegislativeRe

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