This week:
N.Y. Mid-Decade Redistricting Effort; NYS Campaign Finance Board Appeals Blakeman Funding Decision; NYC Campaign Finance Board on 2025 City Vote; State Senate Election Law Legislation Calendar; Primary Petition Challenges Proceed; New York City Estimated to Have Lost An Estimated 12,196 Residents; Attorney General’s Preclearance Activity; Upcoming Events; Around the Nation (From Redistricting Network)
This week- New York’s Population Remains Stable; U.S. House Committee Requests 2020 Census Information; State Senate Elections Committee to Meet; Census Funding on the Budget Table, Attorney General VRA Pre-clearance Activity; Around the Nation from @RedistrictNet
By Mark Chiusano
New York City’s gig economy is staggeringly influential by almost every measure. Delivery bikers make close to 3 million takeout dropoffs a week. Ubers and Lyfts dwarf the 14,000 green and yellow taxis on city streets. Roughly 6% of all workers in the five boroughs rely on gig work as their main income, a number that is likely a significant undercount. Their labors have changed consumption patterns and powered restaurants, small … <Read More>
This week- Court of Appeals Hears Newburgh VRA Challenge; Even Year Voting Law Upheld; Register Now for the November 14 Statewide Census Organizing Conference; VRA Preclearance; A Closer Look at Even Year Voting; A Focus on: Citizens Union
REDISTRICTING & LITIGATION
State Voting Rights Act Challenge
Orange County: Clarke et. al v. Town of Newburgh
On October 14th, the New York State Court of Appeals heard Clarke et al v. Town of Newburgh. … <Read More>
This week- Court of Appeals to Hear Newburgh VRA Challenge; Mt. Pleasant Opposes State Legislators Filing Amicus Brief in Mt. Pleasant VRA case. Were N.Y.C. Mail-In Ballots Misprinted?; November 14 Statewide census Organizing Conference; VRA Preclearance; A Review of State VRA Preclearance at One Year; Around the Nation: Louisiana Before SCOTUS Tomorroe, Section 2 VRA Case & Private Rights of Action; Census Lawsuit Could Upend 2020 Census Apportionment & Redistricting; New Data Shows Tax Flight … <Read More>
This week- Newburgh VRA Amicus Brief Summaries; Nassau Candidate Remains on Ballot After Probable Death; Binghamton University Professors Look at 2022 Redistricting Decision, New Texas Map in Court; N.Y. VRA Preclearance, How N.Y.C. Voted in 2024