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Judge redraws Congressional district lines
Judge redraws Congressional district lines
News Michael Pantelidis 3/21/2012 at 7:42AM

The failure of the State Legislature has left a panel of federal judges with the final decision on district lines. Due to the state government’s inability to come to an agreement on Congressional redistricting, the panel imposed a court-drawn, revised map on March 19. The court’s ruling reduces the number of districts from 29 to [...]

Will Turner’s district disappear?
Will Turner’s district disappear?
News Michael Pantelidis 3/07/2012 at 6:46AM

A federal magistrate’s recent re-drawing of state congressional lines leaves Congressmember Bob Turner as the odd man out. Magistrate Roanne Mann’s revised maps released on March 6 would eliminate Turner’s Brooklyn-Queens district and may reportedly force him to run for the same seat belonging to Congressmember Gregory Meeks in a Democratic and heavily African-American area. [...]