Tag: Nicholas Sacco

Scutari: Another run at redistricting likely

Though their push to change the way the state handles redistricting failed, Democrats are likely to make a similar push at some point down the line, State Sen. Nicholas Scutari said Monday. “I think so, but I'm not certain. I think we are. I mean, I've been working on it for three years,” Scutari, who sponsored the redistricting constitutional amendment in the Senate, said when asked if they’d mount another
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Teaneck mayor calls for Dems to oppose redistricting amendment

Teaneck Mayor Mohammed Hameeduddin on Friday called on legislators to oppose the constitutional amendment on redistricting. “This gerrymandering plan would be a tremendous step back for our state that would literally allow state legislators to draw their own districts,” Hameeduddin said. “At a time when Democrats around the country are working to stop Republican gerrymandering and voter suppression, our party would be exposed if this plan moves forward as being
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Codey opposes redistricting amendment

State Sen. Dick Codey will oppose the constitutional amendment on redistricting being pushed by Democratic leaders in the legislature. “I cannot in good conscious support SCR-152.  This bill would make our commission less independent.  Efforts to change our redistricting process began a few years ago, and I feel this plan moves us backward, not forward from that proposal,” Codey said. “I believe there are some parts of the plan that
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Dem legislators see no allies at redistricting hearings

Democratic members of the legislature were the only ones to speak in favor of a constitutional amendment that would change the state’s redistricting process at simultaneous public hearings before Senate and Assembly committees Thursday. The rest of the testimony, which took about two-and-a-half hours, was given by individuals and groups opposed to the amendment. The vast majority of those groups were liberal ones traditionally aligned with Democratic policies. “I guess
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