Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) said on Tuesday that New York’s legislature should make sure that a state constitutional amendment enabling mid-decade redistricting gets its first passage before lawmakers adjourn the first week of June.
Dispatched to Albany on May 5 by House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.), Morelle laid out the timeline at a press conference after meeting with Democratic leadership in the state, including Gov. Kathy Hochul, state Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins, state Senate Deputy Majority Leader Michael Gianaris, and state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie.
“We would like them to make sure that, to the greatest extent possible, whatever first passage happens, it happens before the first week in June when they’re scheduled to adjourn for the summer,” Morelle said….
Jeffries Surrogate Presses New York Democrats for Fast Action on Redistricting
