Jan 25, 2021
Adirondack Daily Enterprise
North Country U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik issued a statement Thursday blasting state Democrats for passing a constitutional amendment, which if approved by voters, would change redistricting rules. She focused most of her ire at Gov. Andrew Cuomo, but the governor has nothing to do with state constitutional amendments.
Her statement contained political concern over a constitutional amendment New Yorkers will vote on in November, but it was misleading in its allegation toward Cuomo. “The Worst Governor in America and Albany Democrats continue to crush and ignore the will of the people of New York,” she wrote in a press release.
A state constitutional amendment on changing redistricting rules, which has been quietly making its way through the Legislature for two years, will be on the b
Press-Republican PLATTSBURGH – North Country families with two kids under the age of 5 spend about $15,000 a year on childcare, according to a recent survey conducted by the Child Care Coordinating Council of the North Country. “We have an advocacy campaign that we have just launched this week called Stand Up for Child Care in the Adirondacks,” Jamie L. Basiliere, executive director of the Child Care Coordinating Council of the North Country, said. Stand Up for Child Care Adirondacks is a North Country child care advocacy coalition. It released three videos addressing challenges faced by the child care industry and exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic.
North Country U.S. Rep. Elise Stefanik issued a statement Thursday blasting state Democrats for passing a constitutional amendment, which if approved by voters
New York’s 27 congressional districts, currently A state constitutional amendment on changing redistricting rules, which has been quietly making its way through the Legislature for two years, will be on the ballot for all New York voters Nov. 2. These new rules give more redistricting power to a party with a majority in the Senate and Assembly, which is currently the Democratic Party. The state is heading toward a once-a-decade redrawing of state and federal district lines in January 2022. This includes the districts for state Senate and Assembly, as well as the U.S. House of Representatives. This constitutional amendment, supported by most state Legislature Democrats, would reduce the vote threshold needed for a one-party-led Legislature to approve plans submitted by the Independent Redistricting Commission from a two-thirds vote to a simple-majority vote, reversing portions of another constitutional amendment voters passed in 2014.