New York
Judge Tosses Out New York’s New Political Districts
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Good morning. It’s Friday. We’ll have a look at the most recent twist in redistricting in New York. We’ll additionally compensate for the state price range in Albany, about to be formally late.
The choice shocked even some Republicans: A decide declared New York’s new legislative maps unconstitutional, saying the map-drawing course of led by Democrats had been irrevocably tainted.
The ruling by Justice Patrick McAllister of Steuben County Supreme Court docket, above, blocked the maps from getting used on this 12 months’s elections, probably throwing midterm congressional contests into turmoil. Candidates have already begun campaigning within the new districts for the primaries, scheduled for June 28. McAllister additionally invalidated the maps for the Meeting and the State Senate.
The decide, a Republican, mentioned the brand new congressional maps had damaged New York’s new prohibition on partisan gerrymandering — basically accusing Democrats of the identical techniques they’ve complained about when Republicans used them in purple states. “The court docket finds by clear proof and past an affordable doubt that the congressional map was unconstitutionally drawn with political bias,” McAllister wrote in his 18-page opinion. The New York congressional maps favor Democrats in 22 of 26 new districts.
McAllister gave the Democrat-led Legislature till April 11 to arrange new “bipartisanly supported maps” for Congress, the State Senate and Meeting. He mentioned that he would appoint an unbiased particular grasp to attract the traces if lawmakers failed to take action, elevating the likelihood that June’s celebration primaries might be delayed.
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Letitia James, the state lawyer normal, issued a press release collectively saying they meant to enchantment. My colleague Nicholas Fandos writes that such a transfer could be more likely to keep McAllister’s choice and will enable this 12 months’s elections to go forward utilizing the districts adopted in February.
“That is one step within the course of,” mentioned Michael Murphy, a spokesman for the State Senate Democrats. “We at all times knew this case could be determined by the appellate courts.”
Democrats might problem the ruling in both the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court docket or the State Court docket of Appeals — New York’s highest court docket. Each tribunals are anticipated to be extra favorable to Democrats than Steuben County, which borders Pennsylvania. It’s house to Corning Inc., the glass producer.
“The plaintiffs bought what they needed by going to court docket in Steuben County,” mentioned Jeffrey Wice, an adjunct professor at New York Legislation Faculty’s Census and Redistricting Institute. “Whether or not they carry their victory all the best way to the State Court docket of Appeals is an uphill battle for them.”
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Republicans hailed the ruling and expressed confidence they’d win on enchantment. John Faso, a former congressman who’s serving as a spokesman for the Republican plaintiffs, referred to as it a “full victory” for the petitioners, who had been voters from throughout the state. However the lawsuit was financed and overseen by Republicans in Washington and Albany who filed it quickly after Hochul had signed the brand new maps into legislation.
Climate
Put together for an opportunity of showers within the early afternoon, with regular temps within the mid-50s. The night is partly cloudy with temps within the excessive 30s.
alternate-side parking
In impact till April 14 (Holy Thursday).
Lacking a deadline in Albany
As a reporter, I don’t like to consider blowing a deadline. However the State Legislature simply blew a giant one. The state price range was imagined to be signed, sealed and delivered by midnight — or no less than agreed to and possibly voted on.
However my colleagues Luis Ferré-Sadurni and Jesse McKinley write that the State Senate adjourned on Thursday till Monday. The Meeting — which tends to be the slower-moving chamber — additionally gaveled out.
Gov. Kathy Hochul issued a press release providing a hopeful prognosis, regardless that her first price range is late. “We’re getting nearer to settlement, with consensus on main coverage gadgets,” she mentioned. “New Yorkers ought to know that progress is being made.”
Whereas the April 1 deadline is within the State Structure, the state comptroller’s workplace mentioned no state checks could be delayed except a deal is delayed previous 4 p.m. on Monday.
Hochul, a Democrat, had proposed a $216.3 billion price range with an eye fixed to jump-starting the state’s restoration from the pandemic. The Legislature, managed by fellow Democrats, needed to spend no less than $6 billion extra. They proposed pumping extra money into the State College of New York and the Metropolis College of New York — we’re unlikely to understand how a lot till different points have been settled.
A type of points is re-reforming the state’s bail legislation, which the Legislature revised in 2019. Hochul, responding to a pandemic-era rise in crime and maybe to Republican success in attacking Democrats, referred to as for making extra classes of crimes eligible for bail. She additionally steered permitting judges to contemplate how harmful a defendant was in making bail selections for these accused of great felonies. Mayor Eric Adams helps these adjustments, however they’ve run into resistance from progressives within the Senate and the Meeting.
Andrea Stewart-Cousins, who leads the State Senate, flatly rejected the dangerousness provision on Thursday. “We’ve at all times stood the identical manner,” she mentioned. “We’re not introducing dangerousness.”
It’s an indication that summer season is coming: The Division of Parks and Recreation is making a last push to recruit lifeguards for the town’s eight seashores and 53 out of doors swimming pools.
Iris Rodriguez-Rosa, the primary deputy parks commissioner, mentioned that discovering sufficient certified swimmers had been tougher than earlier than the pandemic. “It’s a nationwide problem, making an attempt to get lifeguards,” she mentioned. “Due to Covid, there have been fewer excessive colleges that had swim groups competing. Swimmers missed out on coaching time due to closed swimming pools. They’re not in as fine condition.”
What’s redistricting? It’s the redrawing of the boundaries of congressional and state legislative districts. It occurs each 10 years, after the census, to mirror adjustments in inhabitants.How U.S. Redistricting Works
Lifeguards should join a take a look at, and there are necessities: They have to be no less than 16 and should move a imaginative and prescient examine (no carrying glasses or contact lenses). Most of all, there’s a swim take a look at — lifeguards should have the ability to cowl 50 yards within the water in 35 seconds or much less, displaying what the parks division calls “correct kind.” Those that move will endure 40 hours of coaching on the best way to incomes a minimal of $16 an hour.
Rodriguez-Rosa mentioned she had seemed in on take a look at periods in January. “I want I might do 50 yards,” she mentioned wistfully.
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and had a digicam packed, pulled it out
and loaded my final black & white roll of movie.
patiently holding nonetheless.
noticed an empty chicken’s nest on a window sill.
guess all of them realized to fly, want ’em effectively.
noticed a well-dressed girl put mail in her purse
and a tricycle with a lacking wheel within the grime.
for what it’s price:
{a photograph}’s the one path to time journey in reverse.
throughout the road,
what seemed like a fortress at first
was actually simply the again of the church.
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Senator Menendez’s Resignation Letter
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ROBERT MENENDEZ
NEW JERSEY
COMMITTEES:
BANKING, HOUSING, AND URBAN
AFFAIRS
FINANCE
FOREIGN RELATIONS
The Honorable Phil Murphy
Governor of New Jersey
Office of the Governor
Trenton, N.J. 08625
Dear Governor Murphy,
United States Senate
WASHINGTON, DC 20510-3005
July 23, 2024
528 SENATE HART OFFICE BUILDING
WASHINGTON, DC 20510
(202) 224-4744
210 HUDSON STREET
HARBORSIDE 3, SUITE #1000
JERSEY CITY, NJ 07311
(973) 645-3030
208 WHITE HORSE PIKE
SUITE 18-19
BARRINGTON, NJ 08007
(856) 757-5353
This is to advise you that I will be resigning from my office as the United States Senator from
New Jersey, effective on the close of business on August 20, 2024.
This will give time for my staff to transition to other possibilities, transfer constituent files that
are pending, allow for an orderly process to choose an interim replacement, and for me to close
out my Senate affairs.
While I fully intend to appeal the jury’s verdict, all the way and including to the Supreme Court,
I do not want the Senate to be involved in a lengthy process that will detract from its important
work. Furthermore, I cannot preserve my rights upon a successful appeal, because factual matters
before the ethics committee are not privileged. This is evidenced by the Committee’s Staff
Director and Chief Counsel being called to testify at my trial.
I am proud of the many accomplishments I’ve had on behalf of New Jersey, such as leading the
federal effort for Superstorm Sandy recovery, preserving and funding Gateway and leading the
federal efforts to help save our hospitals, State and municipalities, as well as New Jersey families
through a once in a century COVID pandemic. These successes led you, Governor, to call me the
“Indispensable Senator.”
I thank the citizens of New Jersey for the extraordinary privilege of representing them in the
United States Senate.
Sincerely,
Pabet Menang.
Robert Menendez
United States Senator
New Jersey
cc: The Honorable Kamala Harris, President of the Senate
The Honorable Ann Berry, Secretary of the Senate
New York
How Well Do You Know Literary Brooklyn?
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A strong sense of place can deeply influence a story, and in some cases, the setting can even feel like a character itself. This week’s literary geography quiz celebrates Brooklyn and novels set around the bustling borough. To play, just make your selection in the multiple-choice list and the correct answer will be revealed. Links to the books will be listed at the end of the quiz if you’d like to do further reading.
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See How Your Subway Service May Suffer Without Congestion Pricing
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After Gov. Kathy Hochul halted New York City’s congestion pricing program last month, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority cut $16.5 billion worth of planned upgrades to the city’s vast transit network, mostly to account for the loss of funding that was tied to revenue from the toll.
Source: Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Notes: The chart shows the $28.5 billion in uncommitted funds in the M.T.A.’s 2020-24 capital program; an additional $27 billion had already been committed.
The impact of the congestion pricing suspension on the M.T.A.’s funds for capital projects
Projects were cut from each part of New York City’s transit system, which is the largest in North America and is used by millions of people every day. The projects included elevator and ramp installations that would make subway stations accessible for people with disabilities, structural repairs to aging infrastructure and upgrades to 1930s-era signals that regularly cause delays.
Here are some of the subway projects the authority says it has shelved:
The cuts announced by the M.T.A. — the state agency that runs the subway, bus and commuter rail lines — will also affect transit outside the subway system. The authority has postponed the purchase of more than 250 electric buses and charging infrastructure at bus depots, as well as upgrades to regional rails and a ramp reconstruction on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.
The $12 billion remaining in the M.T.A.’s capital funds will be spent on projects the authority considers the most urgent, like track replacements and repairs to power substations. It will also replace some of the “least reliable” subway and railway cars, the authority said in a report.
All told, there are 92 subway stations that will not get planned improvements, including 22 stations that will not get new elevators or ramps; 10 that will not get upgrades like structural repairs, platform replacements and new barriers between platforms and tracks; and 71 that will not get upgrades to their public announcement systems.
Below is a list of the subway stations where upgrades have been put on hold, based on what the M.T.A. has detailed so far:
Projects on hold at 41 stations in Brooklyn:
Union St R
- upgrade to public announcement system
4 Av-9 St R
- upgrade to public announcement system
36 St D N R
- upgrade to public announcement system
59 St N R
- upgrade to public announcement system
Bergen St F G
- upgrade to public announcement system
15 St-Prospect Park F G
- upgrade to public announcement system
Church Av F G
- upgrade to public announcement system
Avenue X F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Neptune Av F
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
- platform or waiting area replacement
Jay St-MetroTech A C F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts A C G
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
Franklin Av C
- upgrade to public announcement system
Nostrand Av A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
Utica Av A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
Euclid Av A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
7 Av B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kings Hwy B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Avenue U Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Neck Rd Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Sheepshead Bay B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Brighton Beach B Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Ocean Pkwy Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
W 8 St-NY Aquarium F Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
Jefferson St L
- elevator or ramp installation
Nevins St 2 3 4 5
- platform or waiting area replacement
Crescent St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Norwood Av J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Cleveland St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Van Siclen Av J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Alabama Av J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Chauncey St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Halsey St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Gates Av J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kosciuszko St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
Myrtle Av J M Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Flushing Av J M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Lorimer St J M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Hewes St J M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Marcy Av J M Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kings Hwy N
- elevator or ramp installation
18 Av D
- elevator or ramp installation
Projects on hold at 9 stations in the Bronx:
Norwood-205 St D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Bedford Park Blvd B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Kingsbridge Rd B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Fordham Rd B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Tremont Av B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
161 St-Yankee Stadium B D
- upgrade to public announcement system
Wakefield-241 St 2
- elevator or ramp installation
Brook Av 6
- elevator or ramp installation
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
3 Av-138 St 6
- elevator or ramp installation
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
Projects on hold at 27 stations in Manhattan:
Roosevelt Island F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Lexington Av/63 St F Q
- upgrade to public announcement system
47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
42 St-Bryant Pk B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
34 St-Herald Sq B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
Broadway-Lafayette St B D F M
- upgrade to public announcement system
2 Av F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Delancey St-Essex St F
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
East Broadway F
- upgrade to public announcement system
190 St A
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
145 St A C B D
- elevator or ramp installation
W 4 St-Wash Sq A C E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Canal St A C E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Chambers St A C
- upgrade to public announcement system
World Trade Center E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Lexington Av/59 St N R W
- elevator or ramp installation
168 St 1
- elevator or ramp installation
3 Av L
- new fencing between platform and track
5 Av 7
- elevator or ramp installation
Times Sq-42 St 7
- new fencing between platform and track
Delancey St-Essex St J M Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
- elevator or ramp installation
Canal St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Chambers St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
Broad St J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
110 St 6
- elevator or ramp installation
59 St 4 5 6
- elevator or ramp installation
7 Av B D E
- elevator or ramp installation
Projects on hold at 14 stations in Queens:
21 St-Queensbridge F
- upgrade to public announcement system
111 St J
- upgrade to public announcement system
75 St-Elderts Ln J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Ozone Park-Lefferts Blvd A
- upgrade to public announcement system
Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer E J Z
- upgrade to public announcement system
Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK Airport E J Z
- new fencing between platform and track
Jamaica-Van Wyck E
- upgrade to public announcement system
Parsons Blvd F
- elevator or ramp installation
Sutphin Blvd F
- upgrade to public announcement system
Briarwood E F
- elevator or ramp installation
- repairs for structural or aesthetic issues
Howard Beach-JFK Airport A
- upgrade to public announcement system
Broad Channel A S
- upgrade to public announcement system
Far Rockaway-Mott Av A
- upgrade to public announcement system
Rockaway Park-Beach 116 St A S
- upgrade to public announcement system
Projects on hold at 1 station in Staten Island:
Clifton SIR
- elevator or ramp installation
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