N.Y.C. Open Primaries Supported by Adams Charter Commission; Unite NY Submits Open Primaries Question for 2027 N.Y.C. Ballot; Buffalo Commission Rejects Election Reform Efforts; N.Y.’s Challenging ...

On October 30, 2025, the New York Republican State Committee filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York against the state of New York and Governor Kathy Hochul challenging the state’s ...

Early Voting Law Challenge: New York Republican State Committee v. State of New York The New York Republican State Committee filed a federal lawsuit in the Eastern District of New York last year ...

The Assembly and Senate approved legislation moving forward a constitutional amendment to reform New York’s redistricting process last week (S.10637/A.11553). If approved again by the new legislature ...

What’s Next For New York’s Mid-Decade Redistricting- And Beyond? Late Monday night on June 1st, Speaker Carl Heastie and Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart Cousins introduced a constitutional ...

What’s Next For New York’s Mid-Decade Redistricting? As negotiations on the state budget continue and the June 4 session adjournment date approaches, it is expected that the legislature will consider ...

This evening, the Center for New York City and State Law at New York Law School will host the second in a three part series “The Making of a Housing Crisis and How to Solve It.” Tonight’s program will ...

What’s Next For New York’s Mid-Decade Redistricting? The state legislature is expected to approve one or more constitutional amendments to permit the legislature to draw a new congressional map before ...

$30 Million to Protect $186 Billion: The Case for Investing in Census Accuracy in New York State As state budget negotiations continue on Albany where up to $30 million is being discussed to support ...

On March 26 2026, the U.S. Census Bureau released the Vintage 2025 County population estimates with data available from April 1, 2020 to July 1, 2025. This report was produced by the Cornell Program ...

With congressional primary campaign petitioning set to get underway, New York’s congressional map remains uncertain. Congresswoman Nicole Malliotakis’ request for the U.S. Supreme Court to “stay” the ...

On December 31, 2025, Mayor Eric Adams, on his last day in office, appointed a new Charter Revision Commission (CRC), a body that reviews the New York City Charter and recommends changes to the voters ...