This week- SCOTUS VRA Decision Reignites N.Y. Mid-Decade Redistricting Effort; Blakeman Goes to Court; Blakeman Raises Matching Funds; Working Families Candidate Remains on 113th A.D. Ballot; State Comptroller Primary Field Narrows. Rajkumar Remains on 28th A.D. Ballot; Looking Back at N.Y. Voting Rights; N.Y. Attorney General, Voting Rights Act Preclearance; Cervas Studies Mid-Decade Redistricting; Around the Nation from @RedistrictNet
This week- GOP Matching Funds Legislation Introduced; Party Flipping?; Federal Lawsuits; A Look Back at N.Y. Voting Rights Cases; Upcoming Events; Voting Rights Act Preclearance; N.Y.C. Charter Commission Meets; Around the Nation from @RedistrictNet
This week- Nassau GOP’s New Congressional Candidate; Blakeman Sues for Matching Funds; Democratic Socialists Win Back Funds; Congressional Lawsuit on Crossover Districts Remains Unanswered; N.Y.C. Voting on Rikers; State Voting Rights Act Preclearance Action; Adams’ N.Y.C. Charter Commission To Meet; Around the Nation from @RedistrictNet
ELECTIONS
NY-4 Congressional Seat: Nassau County GOP Picks New Candidate
After announcing that he would not run for the congressional seat he held prior to 2025, Anthony DeEsposito declined to … <Read More>
On March 31, 2026, the Center for New York City and State Law at New York Law School hosted the first of three events in our new series “The Making of a Housing Crisis.” The first event, “What’s the Trouble with Housing?” featured Rachel Fee, Executive Director, New York Housing Conference; Dina Levy, Commissioner, NYC Department of Housing Preservation and Development; Pierina Sanchez, Chair, New York City Council Committee on Housing and … <Read More>
This week- Blakeman Sues for State Matching Funds; Nassau 4th C.D. Candidate Withdraws; Litigation Updates; State Census Funding On the Table; State Voting Rights Act Preclearance Action; Campaigns Delinquent in State BOE Filings; Around the Nation from @RedistrictNet
On April 14, 2026, New York State Inspector General Lucy Lang spoke at the 203rd CityLaw Breakfast. Inspector General Lang spoke on “Bringing the Public Into Public Integrity.” Dean Anthony W. Crowell and Center for New York City and State Law Founding Director and Professor Ross Sandler provided opening remarks. This breakfast was sponsored by Con Edison, Verizon, and Greenberg Traurig, LLP.
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