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(718) 624-7200 Info@Diamondreporting.Com 1 2 1 1 CITY OF NEW YORK 2 2012-2013 3 REDISTRICTING COMMISSION 4 SECOND ROUND PUBLIC MEETING 5 Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture 6 515 Malcolm X Boulevard 7 New York, New York 10037 8 October 4, 2012 5:30 P.M. 9 10 IN ATTENDANCE: 11 BENITO ROMANO, Chairperson 12 THADDEUS HACKWORTH, General Counsel 13 FRANK PATAVAN (R-QUEENS) 14 MADELINE PROVENZANO (D-BRONX) 15 JUSTIN YU (D-NEW YORK) 16 OSCAR ODOM, III (R-KINGS) 17 LINDA LIN (D-QUEENS) 18 ROBERT W. HART (D-RICHMOND) 19 GLORIA CARVAJAL WOLFE (R-NEW YORK) 20 ROXANE PERSAUD (D-KINGS) 21 THOMAS OGNIBENE (R-QUEENS) 22 KAMILLAH HANKS (I-RICHMOND) 23 SCOTT CERULLO (R-RICHMOND) 24 25 DIAMOND REPORTING (718) 624-7200 [email protected] 1 2 1 S P E A K E R S: 2 James Hong, Daniel M. Cohen, William Stanford, Elisa M. 3 Cose, Maya Nichlaus, Sofia Krulivitch, Isaac Gluck, Henry 4 Calderon, Rebecca Mayfield, Melissa Mark-Viverito, Julius 5 Tajiddin, Herman Francis, Margaret Fung, Gloria A. 6 Kerstein, (P. Eggers by Mei Gellert) Branca Vasquez, Peggy 7 Morales, Rachel Fauss, Viveca Diaz, Yma Rodriguz, Raul 8 Reyes (via translator), Ydanis Rodriquez, Agnes Rivera, 9 Inez Dickens, Belina Anderson, Melissa Mark-Viverito, 10 Robert Jackson, Debbie Quinones, Ruben Dario Vargas, Harry 11 Rodriguez, Keith Wright, M. Ndigo Washington, Esmeralda 12 Simmons, Rosie Mendez, Margaret Chin, Edwin Marcial, David 13 Nocenti, Gustavo Rosado, Joan Levine, Madelyn Innocent, 14 Roberto Anazaghati, Curtis Arluck, Henrietta Lyle, Sarah 15 Martin, Laura Friedman, Brian Paul, Mark Levine, Elizabeth 16 Kellner, Tiena Traversa, Maritta Dunn, Judy Iason, 17 Elizabeth L. Ritter, Adian Mack, Alex Castex-Porter. 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 DIAMOND REPORTING (718) 624-7200 [email protected] 2 3 DISTRICTING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING 1 CHAIRPERSON ROMANO: Good evening everyone. 2 Good evening. 3 And thank you for coming tonight and welcome 4 to the second round of the New York City 5 Districting Commission public hearings, this one 6 in Manhattan. 7 My name is Benito Romano and I am the Chair 8 of the New York City Districting Commission, and 9 on behalf of the Commission I want to thank the 10 Director of the Schomberg Center for hosting us 11 here tonight. 12 We have the facility only a few hours, and I 13 want to make sure that we hear from everyone who 14 has signed up and pre-registered. 15 For those of you who did not sign up, and 16 wish to speak, please see the staff at the 17 registration table outside of this room to 18 register. 19 If you require a translation for your 20 testimony, please let the staff at registration 21 desk know. They will ensure that a translator 22 will be provided to you when it is your turn to 23 testify. 24 Before we take testimony I would like to 25 make a few observations. At the beginning of DIAMOND REPORTING (718) 624-7200 [email protected] 3 4 DISTRICTING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING 1 this month the Commission advertised in community 2 and ethnic newspapers announcing the Commission's 3 public hearing schedule. 4 An e-mail blast was sent to over 5,500 5 individuals and organizations, various advocacy 6 groups helped spread the word throughout their 7 individual networks, and the hearing schedule was 8 publicized on our Face Book page and Twitter 9 feed. 10 We will continue to find other ways to 11 maximize community participation and interest, 12 and it looks from today's audience like we are 13 succeeding. 14 Tonight represents the second round of 15 public hearings that the Commission will conduct 16 throughout the City. 17 Over 450 people attended our first round of 18 hearings in late August and the Commission heard 19 from more than 131 individuals. Since then the 20 Commission has released a preliminary draft 21 Council district plan on September 4th that 22 adjusted the current Council lines for population 23 proportionality because in the last ten years 24 many Council districts have either increased or 25 decreased in population creating a significant DIAMOND REPORTING (718) 624-7200 [email protected] 4 5 DISTRICTING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING 1 deviation from the ideal Council district 2 population of 160,710. 3 The preliminary draft plan was also posted 4 on the Commission's Website 5 WWW.NYC.gov/districting, it was also displayed in 6 public areas in Brooklyn, like such as Brooklyn's 7 Borough Hall, the Queens Library and the District 8 Commission offices here in Manhattan and linked 9 to other Web sites such as the New York City 10 Public Library. 11 On the same day the Commission also launched 12 an online mapping tool to allow the public to 13 draw Council district maps for the Commission's 14 consideration. 15 The Commission's map also opened the 16 resource room at the Commission's offices in 17 lower Manhattan. 18 The resource room is available for those 19 without access to computer terminals, who wish to 20 draw and submit a map to the Commission or for 21 those wishing to receive one-on-one assistance 22 with map drawing as the resource room is staffed 23 by Justin Bassett, our mapping associate. 24 The room is also, is by appointment only but 25 it does operate past normal business hours. The DIAMOND REPORTING (718) 624-7200 [email protected] 5 6 DISTRICTING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING 1 Commission has received a few maps so far and we 2 encourage you to explore the mapping tool 3 available on our Website. You will also be able 4 to see some of the maps submitted by some of the 5 members of the public. 6 Finally, the Commission has launched a 7 speakers bureau where an organization or group 8 can request a staff member to talk about the 9 decennial districting process. 10 So far the speakers bureau has addressed a 11 number of civic organizations, community boards 12 and even a grade school class. 13 If there is any one wishing to have a 14 speakers bureau attend to address their group, or 15 organization, please see Jonathan Ettricks or 16 Carlos Carino to set up an appointment. 17 The Commission is eager to hear tonight the 18 testimony and comments on the preliminary draft 19 plan. 20 After tonight's hearing, and the others in 21 the second round of hearings the Commission will 22 consider the comments during its next scheduled 23 public meeting on October 18th. At that meeting 24 the Commission will direct the staff to revise 25 the preliminary district plan in response to DIAMOND REPORTING (718) 624-7200 [email protected] 6 7 DISTRICTING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING 1 comments we receive during the second round. 2 Then at the Commission's public meeting on 3 October 30, a revised plan reflecting the 4 comments received will be presented to the 5 Commission and the Commission will decide whether 6 to adopt the plan. If the Commission adopts the 7 plan, it will then be delivered to the City 8 Council for its inspection and approval, which 9 has to occur by November 5th. 10 According to the City Charter by November 11 26, the City Council must, we must submit it by 12 -- (Inaudible) -- but according to the City 13 Council, the City Council has until November 26th 14 to either adopt the revised district plan at 15 which point the plan will then be filed with the 16 City Clerk or the Council can object and revise 17 the district plan, at which point the plan will 18 be returned to the Commission with the Council's 19 comments and concerns. 20 If the Commission takes neither action it 21 will be deemed adopted. 22 If the Council objects to the revised 23 district plan, the Commission will then have 24 until January 5, 2013, to create a revised plan. 25 This will then trigger a new set of public DIAMOND REPORTING (718) 624-7200 [email protected] 7 8 DISTRICTING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING 1 hearings to receive comment and feedback on that 2 revised plan. 3 The Commission will then have until March 4 5th to create, adopt and submit a final plan to 5 the City Clerk and the U.S. Department of Justice 6 for pre-clearance under the voting rights act. 7 This process is described in a flow chart 8 that is available for you tonight, as it was 9 during the first round of hearings. Other 10 handouts include a copy of the preliminary draft 11 plan, and a large map of Manhattan about the 12 preliminary draft map lines and a listing of 13 public participation tools that are available. 14 It is worth reviewing again that there are 15 certain factors the law obligates the Commission 16 to consider during the districting process: 17 These include the difference in population 18 between the least populous and the most populous 19 districts shall not exceed 10 percent of the 20 average population for all districts. 21 The plan must maintain fair and effective 22 representation of racial and language minority 23 groups in New York City. 24 The plan must keep neighborhoods and 25 communities with established ties of common DIAMOND REPORTING (718) 624-7200 [email protected] 8 9 DISTRICTING COMMISSION PUBLIC HEARING 1 interest and association intact. 2 The plan must provide districts that are 3 compact and contiguous.
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