Caribbean Equality News Today

More than four months after the Independent Redistricting Commission released its final state Assembly maps for the Legislature’s approval, the APA VOICE Redistricting Task Force on Monday demanded transparency from

The Council’s 51 districts are being redrawn, but an initial effort that put Manhattan’s upscale Sutton Place in a Queens district drew lots of criticism.

Despite fast growth, Indo-Caribbean and Punjabi communities say the new district map would fragment them while leaving Black and white conservative districts intact.

A population boost and the pandemic have inspired Asian communities to mobilize.