“Rockland’s redistricting map for the government’s 17 Legislature seats has jumped another hurdle to become official. A New York State Supreme Court Appellate Division panel rejected an appeal to void the map approved by the Legislature and signed by County…
“A New York State Supreme Court judge has rejected a resident’s request to void the county’s redistricting plan for 17 Legislature seats, allowing the county scheme to remain for the November elections. Justice Sherri Eisenpress upheld the county’s motion to…
“Ramapo activist Michael Parietti and an attorney representing the county butted heads on Wednesday about the validity of Parietti’s lawsuit seeking to void the county’s redistricting map. Robert A. Spolzino, a lawyer for the county, urged the state judge to…
Michael Parietti speaking before the Rockland Legislature Photo/Peter Carr The Journal News A Ramapo activist has filed a legal action to void the county’s legislative redistricting, contending the mapping enhances the electability for sitting legislators and further empowers the politically…
A new public hearing on the map proposed by the Redistricting Committee for the new Rockland County Legislature has been rescheduled for Nov. 1st. A public hearing had been scheduled for Oct. 19, but when we showed up on that…
From Michael Parietti/Preserve Ramapo: Rockland County Legislature Redistricting Committee Unveils Its Proposed Map for the Legislature. Once again it is not fairly drawn. Public Hearing on the proposed map is set for Wed. Oct. 19th, 7:00 PM at the Rockland…
To achieve the final boundaries of our proposed map, we used the Dave’s Redistricting online mapping tool, but in this final version we broke down Census Tracts into their component parts of Census Blocks, whenever necessary, to refine and hone…
Prepared by Mike Carey and Mike Parietti The Rockland County Legislature has been shamefully gerrymandered, for more than twenty years, at the expense of communities of color in eastern Ramapo, as well as suburban areas and Orthodox communities in western…
