Election Law Litigation Deadlines; Brooklyn Democrats’ Leadership Fight Continues in Appellate Division; Webinar on New York Voting Rights Act; Attorney General’s Preclearance Activity; Test Census ...
This week: Onondaga County Term Limits Goes to Court; MEC Offers Census Bureau Redistricting Data Training; Controversial Election Proposals Facing Albany in 2027; Security Cameras at the Polls?; ...
$30 Million to Protect $186 Billion: The Case for Investing in Census Accuracy in New York State As state budget negotiations continue on Albany where up to $30 million is being discussed to support ...
What’s Next For New York’s Mid-Decade Redistricting? The state legislature is expected to approve one or more constitutional amendments to permit the legislature to draw a new congressional map before ...
Former Mayor Eric Adams appointed the so-called “zombie” NYC Charter Revision Commission on his final day in office, with its main agenda item focused on creating open primaries for city elections. On ...
The Trump administration on Wednesday made public it’s long-expected proposed rule change that would restrict unauthorized immigrants and those in the U.S. without a green card from the 2030 census ...
What’s Next For New York’s Mid-Decade Redistricting- And Beyond? Late Monday night on June 1st, Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins introduced a constitutional ...
How small is too small when it comes to trip hazards on New York City sidewalks? New York courts, grappling with this issue for over 125 years, have declined to advance a standard based solely on the ...
New York City has a long and rich history of scandal and corruption. Here are three examples from favorite books that visit past scandals in complete and revealing detail. The James Marcus Scandal: ...
In this case filed recently, plaintiffs are seeking to have the 11th congressional district redrawn to remedy an alleged vote dilution claim. The district now covers Staten Island and a part of ...
New York State’s redistricting process following the 2020 Census failed to live up to the reforms envisioned by voters who endorsed the 2014 constitutional changes. Instead, the redistricting process ...
The Assembly and Senate approved legislation moving forward a constitutional amendment to reform New York’s redistricting process last week (S.10637/A.11553). If approved again by the new legislature ...