6th DISTRICT COUNCILMAN MERANTE AND YONKERS REPUBLICANS CRY FOUL TO PROPOSED CITY COUNCIL REDISTRICTING PLAN.
Two public hearings are scheduled: one for TOMORROW Jan. 23 at the Riverfront Library and the other WENDESDAY Jan. 25 at the Will Library.
Yonkers Chairman & Former Yonkers City Councilman John Larkin said "If you look up "gerrymander" in the dictionary, you will see the new District 6. Elbridge Gerry would be proud of this district. It would be unfair to allow District 6 as is drawn to pass. It's a shame that the district I represented for 8 years has been so radically altered!"
Councilmember Merante said “ I was totally cut out of the redistricting decision-making process. Equally upsetting is that you the people have not been duly informed as to how this would impact you as voters and given virtually no notice and time to absorb these pending changes. This is reminiscent of the ram it through process used to get Term Limits extended and it’s a blatant chipping away at our democratic process.”
BACKGROUND
A proposed redistricting of the six city council districts in the City of Yonkers, which by law is required every 10 years.
(Please see attached press statement from Merante and the Yonkers GOP and Notice Graphic)
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