New York, NY - Today, in response to the draft Congressional and State Senate maps released by the court-appointed special master, the NYIC released the following statement:
Murad Awawdeh, Executive Director, New York Immigration Coalition and NYIC Action:
“When the New York Immigration Coalition and our member and partner organizations worked tirelessly to ensure New Yorkers were counted for the census, we expected redistricting maps that would recognize and reflect the diversity of New York and the demographics changes of the past decade. Unfortunately from what we’ve seen, the draft maps released by the court-appointed special master have failed to represent the diversity of New York thus undermining representation for communities of color. These so-called non-partisan draft maps jeopardize districts that have historically given communities of color the opportunity to choose candidates of their choice, making us the real losers in this process.”
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