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Report from the front lines of redistricting. Short version: CRAZYTOWN!
As this post goes up, City Council is preparing to vote on up to two redistricting bills - one the product of a committee appointed by Council president Anna Verna; and one introduced by Councilmembers Frank DiCicco and James Kenney.
Report from the front lines of redistricting. Short version: CRAZYTOWN!
As this post goes up, City Council is preparing to vote on up to two redistricting bills — one the product of a committee appointed by Council president Anna Verna; and one introduced by Councilmembers Frank DiCicco and James Kenney.
The maps created by each look about the same: the only significant difference is the distribution of the politically powerful 56th ward which no Council person seems to want to represent (see Daily News reporters Jan Ransom and Catherine Lucey's coverage of why).
The committee version of the bill splits the 56th between the 10th (Councilman Brian O'Neill, Republican) and the 6th (Councilwoman Joan Krajewsky, likely to be replaced by democratic nominee Bobby Henon).
You might think of it as "screw the Republican" versus "screw the Republican ... and the new guy."
According to sources, the potential for Council's easily voting through one of the bills today was fairly high; so was another possibility: that a majority for either would implode and dissolve into day-long closed-door negotiations.
The latter appears to be the case: At noon, Council recessed and Council members spend the last 3 hours in intense, closed-door negotiations. At one point, Councilman James Kenney indicated that the co-sponsor of his bill, Councilman Frank DiCicco, was no longer with it. About ten minutes later, Kenney informed CP that that was no longer the case.
One magic key winding the clock of internal dischord: The mysterious battle for the future Council presidency, which seems to be incrasingly influencing the outcome of contentious Council votes.
It's possible that Council will vote on, even approve BOTH bills — which would effectively leave Mayor Nutter to decide.
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