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ALBANY — A possible constitutional change to New York's redistricting process would create a 10-member independent panel to draw the state's political lines beginning in 2021, but would allow the Legislature ...
Friday, 02 March 2012
... CUNY. Redistricting is the constitutionally mandated redrawing of electoral districts to ensure the one person one vote concept.  Every ten years following the decennial census, the data which reveals ...
Monday, 27 February 2012
... public service.  About half way through the day, my chief-of-staff looks weary. My attempt to humorously compare us to Sancho and Don Quixote draws a blank stare. Onward.  It’s now 3:30 ...
Friday, 10 February 2012
... ... how could they draw a district that cuts through my civic and shove every street west of Bieling Road into the 14 Senate District?" said a frustrated resident. "I pay Nassau taxes and they draw me ...
Sunday, 29 January 2012
Yesterday, the NY State "Legislative Task Force On Demographic Research And Reappointment" unveiled its proposed maps for redrawn State Senate and Assembly districts. And they are really horrible. ...
Friday, 27 January 2012
..."two significant events in the ongoing battle to redraw New York State’s electoral map. In the first, the legislature’s redistricting committee formally subtracted the state’s 60,000-plus prisoners ...
Sunday, 22 January 2012
... for those who sell guns without background checks and more accountability for promoters of the shows, which can draw thousands of people during a weekend. "This is clearly pointing to a flaw in our laws," ...
Thursday, 01 December 2011
... of drawing new legislative districts. A June date, for example, would require lines to be settled by early March. Cuomo has expressed dislike for the legislative panel — a special creature of the majority ...
Tuesday, 29 November 2011
ALBANY — Good-government groups have long said the secretive process by which political powers redraw their own election district lines could be more fairly done by anyone, even a kid. Now, legislative ...
Saturday, 26 November 2011
... former Democratic Gov. Tim Kaine. Berwick's fate was sealed early this year when 42 GOP senators — more than enough to derail his confirmation — asked Obama to withdraw his nomination. He remained ...
Friday, 25 November 2011
... the 2 percent tax cap, any overcollection would have to be placed in reserves and used to draw down the following year's levy. Bill Young, counsel to the state Association of Fire Districts, said the low ...
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
ALBANY — In frustration, the Capital Region's congressional delegation will move back to the drawing board in a new year, hoping to pare at least $1.2 trillion from federal deficits over the next ...
Wednesday, 23 November 2011
BUFFALO -- The Rev. Eric Johns is beginning another week on the streets of Buffalo and Niagara Falls to draw attention to the plight of the homeless and collect donations. For the past 13 years, the Buffalo ...
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
ALBANY -- Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has proposed that a commission of non-legislators should take over the once-a-decade process of drawing district lines for the state Legislature and Congress, ...
Tuesday, 22 November 2011
BINGHAMTON -- People of the Southern Tier appeared as a house divided over hydraulic fracturing during a packed hearing frequently interrupted by hoots and catcalls. More than a thousand people crammed ...
Friday, 18 November 2011
... suspects matched card numbers and passwords to access almost 1,500 bank accounts. They're also accused of making fraudulent cash withdrawals and purchases. Defense lawyers note that the charges are only ...
Thursday, 17 November 2011
... also draw turnout that could also help fellow Democrats in town races. County elections may not attract national headlines, but they generate lots of campaign contributions, as depicted in an analysis ...
Monday, 07 November 2011
... state must draw new lines while losing two congressional seats in the aftermath of the 2010 Census. Redrawing the lines is the responsibility of a panel controlled by state Assembly Democrats and Senate ...
Monday, 07 November 2011
... spent Friday morning touring two businesses, drawing attention to new jobs created through the Workforce Investment Board, a county enterprise he has utilized "aggressively." He said his final push doesn't ...
Monday, 07 November 2011
... at the event, but Hillary Clinton noted that her mother lived with her and "always has a lot of great ideas about what we need to be doing," drawing chuckles from the audience. When Clinton ended her campaign ...
Wednesday, 02 November 2011
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