NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 06/08/26

This week:

New York’s Mid-Decade Redistricting Advances; Reapportionment vs. Redistricting- What’s the Difference?; CUNY Mapping Service Updates Online Maps; Menin Appoints Wice to NYC Campaign Finance Board; Working Families Party Challenges Candidates; Even Year Election Voting for Cities Amendment Passed by Legislature; New Judicial Districts Legislation Passed by Legislature; Election Law Reforms Passed by Legislature; Voting Rights Act Preclearance; SCOTUS Allows Alabama to Use Map with One Minority District; Around the Nation

NY Elections, Census, and Redistricting Update – *Special Update June 2, 2026*

REDISTRICTING CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT

New Redistricting Constitutional Amendment Introduced

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 amendment (S.10637/A.11553) to amend the state constitution’s redistricting sections. The amendment is expected to be voted on by the Senate and Assembly on Thursday, June 4th before the chambers adjourn the regular 2026 session.

If approved, the new legislature … <Read More>

COMPLETE VIDEO: Big Things Happening in Queens – June 3, 2026

On Wednesday, June 3, 2026, the Center for New York City and State Law, with the Flushing Meadows Corona Park Alliance, hosted “Big Things Happening in Queens,” a look into economic and infrastructure large-scale projects around the borough. New York Law School Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs and Institutional Strategy Matt Gewolb offered opening remarks. Queens Borough President Donovan Richards gave keynote remarks and Maya Handa, NYC’s 2026 World Cup Czar also offered … <Read More>

NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 06/01/26

This week: What’s Next For New York’s Mid-Decade Redistricting- And Beyond?; Blakeman Wins Funding Challenge Against State Public Finance Campaign Board; Candidate Validating Procedures; Blakeman Seeing Third Party Line in November?; State Funds Census 2030 Efforts With a New Census Commission; Attorney General’s Preclearance Activity; Post-Callais Action: Louisiana Enacts New Congressional Map; Around the Nation (From Redistricting Network)

NY Elections, Census and Redistricting Update 05/26/26

This week:

What’s Next For New York’s Mid-Decade Redistricting- And Beyond?; State Public Finance Campaign Board to Hear Blakeman Funding Appeal; Procedural Pitfalls in Election Litigation; Why the 2030 LUCA Program Matters to Redistricting; Attorney General’s Preclearance Activity; Employment Opportunities; Around the Nation (From Redistricting Network)

COMPLETE VIDEO: NY-10 Abundance Candidate Forum

On May 19, 2026, the Center for New York City and State Law co-hosted a forum for the NY-10 Congressional race featuring Rep. Dan Goldman and Brad Lander. The forum was cohosted with Abundance New York and NYC New Liberals.

To watch the forum, click here or watch below.

 

 

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