Pols urge voters to turn down redistricting proposal
Amendment ‘deeply flawed,’ Jeffries says
A proposed amendment to the New York State Constitution to change the way congressional and state legislative district maps are drawn is facing fierce opposition from a group of lawmakers who charged that it’s a flawed plan.
On Wednesday, Congress members Hakeem Jeffries and Jerrold Nadler joined state Senators Velmanette Montgomery and Liz Krueger and Councilmembers Brad Lander and Antonio Reynoso in opposing Proposal 1, the amendment that will be on the ballot on Nov. 4.
The lawmakers, several of whom appeared at a press conference at Borough Hall, urged voters to reject the proposed amendment.