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Read Moreby Michael | Nov 17, 2012 | Government, Politics | 0 |
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Read Moreby Michael | Oct 26, 2012 | Government, Media, Politics, Public Policy | 1 |
Former Assemb. Benjamin on Cuomo’s Changing Style As Governor Cuomo prepares to help President Obama on the campaign trail, former Assemblyman Michael Benjamin is questioning whether Cuomo deserves a second term of his own. He...
Read Moreby Michael | Jun 7, 2012 | African Americans, Elections, Politics, Voting Rights | 0 |
The Hill, a newspaper that covers politics and policy on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, has story discussing Rep. Charlie Rangel’s tough re-election fight. “Ethnic politics, an anti-incumbent super-PAC and a...
Read Moreby Michael | Jun 5, 2012 | African Americans, Elections, Politics, Voting Rights | 1 |
This could be Rep. Rangel’s worst nightmare. His House colleague, Silvestre Reyes (D-El Paso) lost in a newly redistricted district to Robert O’Rourke, a former city councilman backed by the Campaign for Primary...
Read Moreby Michael | May 30, 2012 | African Americans, Elections, Politics, Public Policy, RAce Relations, Voting Rights | 3 |
ALBANY — A federal appeals court on Tuesday backed a lower court’s decision not to halt last year’s County Legislature elections based on a lawsuit alleging voting rights violations in the county’s...
Read Moreby Michael | May 18, 2012 | Elections, Government, Politics, Voting Rights | 0 |
Celeste Katz over at the Daily Politics blog posted the US DOJ’s official letter pre-clearing the State Assembly’s redistricting plan. The DOJ had until May 27th to render its decision. Today’s letter is the...
Read Moreby Michael | May 18, 2012 | African Americans, Elections, Government, Public Policy, Voting Rights | 0 |
Politicker reports that the Last Lawsuit Against Redistricting Stumbles as a judge denied a Democratic request for a preliminary injunction against the redrawn map, which means that there won’t be enough time now for the trial...
Read Moreby Michael | May 17, 2012 | African Americans, Elections, Politics | 0 |
I think you should read “Ex-Bronx prez Carrion to endorse Espaillat’s bid to unseat Rangel” and Latino Support For Rangel’s Opponent. I suspect Adolfo Carrion is hanging up his bid for citywide office....
Read Moreby Michael | May 11, 2012 | Elections, Public Policy, Voting Rights | 0 |
On Thursday, the US District Court ordered lawyers for the Assembly Majority to advise the Court by next Tuesday, May 15, 2012, about the status of the DOJ preclearance process as it relates to the Assembly Redistricting Plan...
Read Moreby Michael | May 4, 2012 | African Americans, Elections, Voting Rights | 0 |
The SOP blog reports on reaction from Brooklyn Assemblyman Karim Camara to the NY Court of Appeals ruling upholding the constitutionality of the formula creating a sixty-three seat State Senate. Assemblyman Karim Camara, the...
Read Moreby Michael | May 3, 2012 | Elections, Government, Politics, Public Policy | 0 |
This morning, the state Court of Appeals unanimously ruled that the Senate Majority created a constitutionally permissible 63 district plan. The Times-Union’s Jimmy Vielkind wrote The ruling is a major blow to Democrats...
Read Moreby Michael | May 3, 2012 | Elections, Government, Voting Rights | 0 |
The Village Voice reports that NY City Council has picked its representatives to serve on the New York Redistricting Commission which begins its work this fall. The independent, bipartisan commission is charged by the City...
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