City Council Redistricting Process Begins
Brooklyn residents voiced their opinion about where City Council district lines should be drawn at a public hearing held at Borough Hall on August 13.
Benito Romano, chairperson of the Redistricting Committee, presided over the hearing, which is the first in the city. Meetings in each of the other boroughs will take place over the next week. Once the committee, which is made up of residents of all five boroughs, hears from the public, they will draw preliminary lines mostly based on population data from the 2010 Census, with those concerns in mind. Then there will be another round of hearings.
“We aim to have these meetings in different locations to maximize the opportunity for public participation,” Romano said, adding that the committee plans to keep communities and neighborhoods intact.