Calls for more public input on new NY political maps
Community activists and lawmakers traveled to a rural courthouse Friday in western New York to weigh in on the shape of the state’s political district maps, and to ask a judge for more opportunities for the public to be heard.
The state judge overseeing the redrawing of New York’s congressional and state Senate districts scheduled just one public hearing on the matter before the maps are due to be finalized May 20.
Anyone who wanted to speak publicly on the issue could either file something with the court in writing, or appear in person Friday in Judge Patrick McAllister’s courtroom in Bath, New York, about 60 miles (97 kilometers) south of Rochester.