New York State Independent Redistricting Commission

James
March 31, 2023
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Please amend AD-9 so that it is consistent with the new Senate Districts. That will ensure that they will be nonpartisan, protect communities of common interest, and be easy for the community members to understand as they are separated by physical and historic landmarks.

Frank
March 30, 2023
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I am submitting a statewide assembly plan that I have attempted to make as fair as possible. As a New Yorker, I wish to see a fair map passed and hope to provide useful feedback for the Redistricting Commission. Attached in the file is a link to the map, my reasoning for how I drew it, and links to download the shapefile and geojson of the map as well. Thank you all for your work.

Frank
March 23, 2023
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I am submitting a statewide assembly plan that I have attempted to make as fair as possible. As a New Yorker, I wish to see a fair map passed and hope to provide useful feedback for the Redistricting Commission. Attached in the file are a link to the map, my reasoning for how I drew it, and links to download the shapefile and geojson of the map as well. Thank you all for your work.

Katherine
March 12, 2023
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My name is Katherine Walsh; I am born/raised here in Sunset Park. I am also on my local Community Board 7 Brooklyn and serve as the Transportation Chair. I testified to the New York State Redistricting Commission virtually on Feb 15th. You can go to the website and choose “Part 3” 1:58 to view the recording of the testimony. I submit testimony today on behalf of myself and my community. I request that you keep us in Assembly District 51 (Sunset Park) specifically the streets between 56th street and 54th street between 4th and 6th avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn together in the existing 2022 Assembly District Map. . The proposed map cuts out this section and moves into a new Assembly District 49th. Do not move us in Assembly District 49th. I ask you to please respond to what community members are asking for. Keep us in Assembly District 51.

Tyler
March 12, 2023
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Public housing developments have been left aside in the redistricting process, though are viewed by many as communities of interest. This map unifies New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) developments, creating nine unified districts: District 37 (Queens and Roosevelt Island), Districts 55 and 56 (Brooklyn alone), District 65 (Manhattan and Brooklyn), District 68 (Manhattan and the Bronx), District 69 (Manhattan alone), and District 79, 80, and 85 (the Bronx alone). The map is best viewed with NYCHA Developments overlaid; that view is available online at https://bit.ly/3J8DTmM, with options to download in any file format. The plan also has many other benefits (common benefits, like district 49 being majority-Asian or district 51 being plurality-Hispanic, are not listed): -It has three majority-Hispanic districts in the Jackson Heights-Elmhurst-Corona region (34, 35, and 39) and one Asian-majority district there (30). -It has one plurality-Hispanic and one majority-Hispanic district in the Ridgewood-Cypress Hills-Woodhaven region (38 and 54, respectively). -It has two majority-Asian districts in eastern Queens (25 and 40) and two plurality-Asian districts there (24 and 27). -It only puts Roosevelt Island — no mainland Manhattan — in a district with Queens (37). -It keeps intact Hasidic neighborhoods in Williamsburg and Borough Park in districts 50 and 48, respectively. -With district 65 becoming a NYCHA-unified district, it ends the packing of minority communities in Lower Manhattan within one district; Chinatown would now be in district 61. Both districts 61 and 65 are majority-minority. -District 75 would be a new majority-minority district. -Manhattan-grounded districts 68, 71, and 72 are plurality-Hispanic. -The Bronx would have two majority-Black districts (80 and 83). The map does not include redrawn parts of southern Brooklyn and southern Queens or Staten Island, as there is no significant public housing that would require unification and no surrounding districts that are required to exemplify the plan's feasibility.

Camille
March 2, 2023
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A more compact and contiguous 44th AD as referenced in my testimony.

Robert
March 2, 2023
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Attached is a proposed revision of the map of Suffolk County. I attempted to keep it to just the Suffolk ADs, however, there were some small revisions to areas along the Nassau-Suffolk border to ensure the deviation was largely similar to the draft proposal. This map is designed to unify various communities of interest in Suffolk County, as well as also address some small administrative issues for the Board of Elections (Ghost EDs aka EDs with 0 population and odd shaped EDs). In addition, this map is designed to create similar districts to the County Legislative and Town Board (where applicable) districts exist. Finally, the map was designed to have as minimal crossing of town boundaries as necessary. A description of each district and purpose of the design is as follows: AD01 - A South Fork district. This incorporates the Hamptons along with Eastport (Brookhaven portion is tied to Southampton portion), the various Moriches (Center Moriches, East Moriches, and Moriches). The only odd communities included are Mastic, the Poospatuck Indian Reservation, and portions of Mastic Beach. They are included as they have been in past incarnations of AD01 and are there for population. In addition, the Poospatuck Reservation students attend Center Moriches Schools and there is also the presence of the Shinnecock Indian Reservation in this district. A potential alternative exists, which will be elaborated in AD02. This district largely overlaps with the County's 2nd district. AD02 - A North Fork District. This incorporates the North Fork communities of Southold and Riverhead, along with Shelter Island, with Eastern Brookhaven. Shelter Island is included to keep contiguity with the County Legislative map, which recently transferred the Town to the North Fork Legislative district from the South Fork district. The portions of Brookhaven that are included have similar socio-economics to the North Fork towns and are also predominately rural (Manorville and Calverton) or are areas that have ties to the North Fork (Shoreham and Wading River share a School District). The only potential outlier is Miller Place, which is slightly more developed then the other Brookhaven communities. This town could be provided to AD04, but AD02 would then need population. If Mastic is not desired to be in AD01, a potential alternative would be to shift Shelter Island and Southold to AD01 and have AD02 move into Mastic, Moriches, and Center Moriches. The shifts there are roughly even. As stated before, this is not advised as it creates less overlap between Legislative Districts. This district would overlap with the County's 1st and 6th districts, and the Town's 2nd (eastern) and 6th (northern) districts. AD03 - Largely the Tri-Hamlet community, along with the heart of Longwood School District. A largely working class community, this area also unifies the minority populations of Brookhaven in Gordon Heights and North Bellport. These two communities have often advocated to be together, and are together in the County Legislature and Town Board. The only outlier community is the Village of Bellport, a largely wealthy community. Its location prevents it from being located in another district, and it does possess ties to the North Bellport community. This district largely overlaps with the County's 7th and 3rd (western) districts, and the Town's 4th district. AD04 - A suburban middle-class commuter district. This district possesses large similar socio-economics in terms of family median income, ethnic breakdown, and similarity across school districts. Lake Grove is included as it possesses similar demographics to the other communities in this district and less with the Centereach-Selden area. This district largely overlaps with the County Legislature's 5th district, and also the Town of Brookhaven's 1st and 2nd districts. AD05 - A working class community district. This district is anchored by two hyphen communities of Centereach-Selden and Holbrook-Holtsville. Both communities are anchor communities in their respective school districts (Middle Country and Sachem). This district could be alternatively called the Middle Country/Sachem district. This district largely overlaps with the County's 4th district and Town's 3rd district. AD06 - This is a largely Hispanic community district. This district # could be swapped with AD07 to create a greater consistency among the districts shifting from east to west. This district largely unifies the minority populations in Baywood, Brentwood, Central Islip, and North Bay Shore. They also share common school districts, and it keeps the lines similar to boundaries in the County Legislature's 9th, 10th, 16th, and 17th districts and the Town of Islip's 1st Council district. AD07 - A coastal community district. It is anchored by downtown hamlets in Sayville, Islip, and Bay Shore, along with the Village of Patchogue. This district is also the primary district for Fire Island. This keeps the inhabited parts of Fire Island in one assembly district (The Babylon portion is the only portion with population that is placed in a different district due to history). This district largely coincides with districts 08 and 10 of the County, and Districts 2 and 4 of the Town of Islip. AD08 - This district is primarily the Town of Smithtown, plus communities that cross into the Town of Islip in the form of Hauppauge (Fully AD08) and Ronkonkoma (Part in AD08 and part in AD05). This is a largely middle-class community, with a sizable population that commutes to the city. This district is similar to the Commission's proposal, only removing the Brookhaven and Huntington portions. It overlaps perfectly with the County's 12th and 13th districts. AD09 - A new district that is largely similar to the Commission's proposal. The primary changes are shifting of Deer Park out of the district and Lindenhurst in. This creates a district that largely overlaps with County districts 11 and 14. In addition, it is similar to a largely coastal community that exists in the Town of Babylon and Islip. AD10 - This district was reshaped to a district to acknowledge the substantial Jewish populations in the district in Plainview and Dix Hills. It also largely unifies school districts like Old Bethpage-Plainview, Half Hollow Hills, and South Huntington. AD11 - This district was shifted to incorporate Deer Park, which has sizable minority populations (in fact, this district used to have a small pathway to connect a sizable minority population in Eastern Deer Park with the rest of district named after former Assemblyman Bob Sweeney). This district largely coincides with District 15 of the County Legislature. AD12 - A coastal community for Huntington and northern Oyster Bay. It would be considered a quintessential Gold Coast district. While efforts were made to keep this district almost entirely Suffolk, it made more sense to go into Nassau in this direction than splitting up the communities of Syosset and Woodbury, which belong with Jericho and other middle Oyster Bay communities. AD17- this district was removed from Suffolk to try and keep Suffolk at 12 ADs (roughly proportional to their population). In return, it moved northward to take in more of Bethpage. As a resident of Suffolk County, I hope this information was helpful. It would be great if the commission could consider some of the proposal and a goal to attempt to overlap the Assembly districts with the various lower and also higher levels of government that exist in Suffolk County and help eliminate small EDs in the County. Thank you, -Robert

Uri
March 1, 2023
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*corrected* I have attached my map here. It is a modified version of the nyirc map. The changes were primarily made in the buffalo and albany regions where I do not think the maps were drawn well in the first draft.

Uri
March 1, 2023
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I have attached my map here. It is a modified version of the nyirc map. The changes were primarily made in the buffalo and albany regions where I do not think the maps were drawn well in the first draft.

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