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Democrats were counting on the Equal Rights Amendment to help generate voter turnout this year.
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The council pulled money from new positions proposed by the mayor and applied it toward housing entities.
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They're trying to avoid a repeat of 2022 legal debacle over Congressional district lines. The bill was sponsored in the assembly by Syracuse-area Assemblymember Bill Magnarelli.
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The vote, led by Democrats, clears the way for petitioning for the June primaries that started on Tuesday.
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Democrats on Monday rejected maps approved by the state's bipartisan redistricting commission earlier in the month. Republicans say the new lines favor the other party.
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Democrats in the New York State Legislature today Monday rejected new congressional district maps drawn by a bipartisan redistricting commission. Republicans condemned the vote, saying Democrats are trying to gain political advantage.
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With control of the House of Representatives likely in the balance, Democrats who lead the Legislature have not signaled publicly what they intend to do.
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State lawmakers have to meet a court-ordered deadline of Feb. 28 to complete the redistricting process. Lawmakers are on recess until Feb. 26.
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The 2024 edition is a do-over of sorts after the Independent Redistricting Commission failed to agree on a single map in 2022.
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The meeting is open to the public, though the process of drawing the maps so far has not been done in the open. There's concern that disagreement could push back the primary.
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County leaders say a state law signed in December tramples on the county's charter by moving some local elections to even-numbered years.
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The debate is playing out in state budget negotiations. Gov. Hochul is proposing spending $2.4 billion to help house and feed some of the over 160,000 migrants who have entered New York during the past year.