New maps have been adopted by New York’s legislature that would re-draw congressional and state election districts. Under the new proposal, Rockland’s Congressman Mondaire Jones, who currently covers all of the county and part of Westchester, would add all of Sullivan and parts of southern Orange County to his district. Western Ramapo and Orange County State Assemblyman Republican Karl Brabenec’s district would grow in Rockland…
Stony Point and Orange County State Assemblyman Republican Colin Schmitt last month on “The Morning Show” predicted the process would be partisan, and didn’t think it should have ever come to this…
Rockland Assemblyman Democrat Ken Zebrowski also would have preferred the bi-partisan independent commission come up with maps that were more agreeable, and these delays haven’t been helpful to the process…
The new state districts need the governor’s signature, but she signed off late last night on the congressional districts, which according to the Associated Press give Democrats a heavy political advantage over Republicans, a move criticized by non-partisan groups. Republicans reportedly filed a lawsuit in an upstate Supreme Court challenging the congressional maps late yesterday.