Legislature shoots down congressional maps in favor of their own

Legislature shoots down congressional maps in favor of their own

Democrats in the state legislature voted on Monday to toss out congressional redistricting lines drawn by a bipartisan commission, choosing to draw and propose their own maps – which have little impact on district boundaries in Queens.

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Commission unveils mostly unchanged congressional district map

Commission unveils mostly unchanged congressional district map

The New York State Independent Redistricting Commission voted overwhelmingly on Thursday to approve a new state congressional district map that looks a lot like the one drawn by a court-appointed special master in 2022 following a litigious redistricting process that may not yet be out of the woods.

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Queens Dems nominate Supreme Court candidates as reformers question process

Queens Dems nominate Supreme Court candidates as reformers question process

The largely pro forma judicial convention to nominate Supreme Court justice candidates to the Queens County Democratic Party’s line in November was met with dissent this week by a group of New Reformer delegates.

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Queens Dems set ballot for Queens Supreme Court election

Queens Dems set ballot for Queens Supreme Court election

Judges Karen Gopee, Michele Titus, Laurentina McKetney Butler, David Kirschner and current Supreme Court Justices Kenneth Holder and Denis Butler will run on the Democratic Party line for Queens Supreme Court in November.

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