LATFOR implements law ending prison-based gerrymandering
After months of public concern that the New York Senate did not intend to implement the law ending prison-based gerrymandering, last night the redistricting taskforce, LATFOR, released the population data to be used for state and local redistricting, which counts incarcerated people at their home addresses.
Part XX of Chapter 57 of the Laws of 2010 directed the Task Force to adjust the Census for state and local redistricting purposes by removing Federal and State prisoners from where they were incarcerated on April 1, 2010. State prisoners were re-assigned to their residence of record prior to incarceration. Federal prisoners were subtracted from the state total and are not re-assigned. In accordance with this law, the Task Force will use these adjusted data in the creation of new State Senate and State Assembly districts.