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- Congressional Map Challenge Briefing Schedule; Even Year Voting Challenged in Federal Court; Cheektowaga Seeks Delay in VRA challenges, How NYC Voted Mapped; Upcoming events; VRA Preclearance; GOP Sees Voter Registration Increase; Around the Nation: Maryland, Indiana, Kansas
Register Today for the Friday November 14 Statewide Census Organizing Kickoff ZOOM: link below
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
On July 30, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams vetoed the City Council’s disapproval of the land use application for a bid to build a casino and entertainment complex at the current Bally’s Golf Links site at Ferry Point in the Bronx.
In 2013, the state’s constitution was amended to allow for up to seven commercial casinos statewide. Commercial casinos are separate from Native American casinos and do not include a race track. Four casinos have already … <Read More>
On June 1, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams appointed Iris Rodriguez-Rosa as the new Parks Commissioner. She is the first Latina to hold this position, and her appointment follows a long career in public service.