Hearing will give Brooklyn chance to sound off on redistricting plan
Look for fireworks at Medgar Evers College
This Sunday evening, Brooklynites will have the chance to comment on the controversial new City Council redistricting plan at Medgar Evers College.
The hearing, one of five around the city, will take place between 3:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the college, 1638 Bedford Ave., Crown Heights. It will be the only one in the borough.
As the Brooklyn Eagle has reported, City Council districts are redrawn, by the New York City Districting Commission, every 10 years following the Census, to reflect population changes.
In the city as a whole, the population of Asian and Latino New Yorkers increased by 7.7 percent and 6.6 percent respectively, while the African American population has decreased by about 4 percent, according to THE CITY. The white population has basically remained about the same.