New District Maps for Bay Ridge – Hooray!
THESE ARE PRELIMINARY MAPS. By Friday the final maps will be out.
The court-appointed special master, Jonathan Cervas made new districts because Democrats, like Andrew Gounardes, voted to gerrymander Brooklyn and that is unconstitutional. (More info on the maps)
This is the new senate district map:
Bay Ridge is cut into three senate districts – 26, 17 and 22.
When I first saw the divisions on a preview map, I thought that’s terrible that they split out neighborhood. Then….
Then I thought about it and realized they created a district that is more fair for the community. Whoever is chosen for that community will represent those people.
Neither Republicans or Democrats were able to be fair here, so I appreciate these new district lines. Look at them with fresh eyes tomorrow!
The three districts are:
District 26 – Bay Ridge, Sunset Park and Park Slope (in red below).
District 17 is a Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights and Bath Beach. (In green below)
District 23 in yellow has the Fort Hamilton Army Base with Staten Island and Coney Island.
You can see which district you are in by going here to view the street map.
The white outline is District 17 and Andrew Gounardes is not part of that district!!! Wooohoooooo. Hopefully you made it out too!
This is the Congressional District Map for CD 11
These maps look a lot more fair than the maps that Andrew Gounardes wanted! It was disappointing to see this politician choose to gerrymander Bay Ridge very quietly.
District 11 contains Sunset Park, but does not contain Park Slope. Thankfully, Mayor Bill de Blasio and Brad Lander won’t be in this district.
Both Carolyn Maloney and Jerry Nadler already announced that they are running for District 12.
Nadler:
Andrew Gounardes wanted gerrymandered maps so it could be an easy win for Democrats and they wouldn’t have to work for their seat. No politician should be able to hold onto a community using gerrymandering.
This is the plan for these maps:
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Hugs,
marlene
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