Orange County Residents Speak Out on Draft Legislative Map at Public Hearing

Published on August 28, 2024

Residents from different parts of Orange County, New York, spoke their minds on a draft county legislative map during an Aug. 27 public hearing in Goshen. Most comments centered around the importance of keeping similar communities together and not splitting up municipalities when redrawing the map, a process that, per federal and state laws, repeats every 10 years following the decennial U.S. Census. After shooting down four earlier versions, county lawmakers approved the draft map for public review two weeks ago. It has been a bumpy redistricting journey complicated by sharp population growth in a few pockets and tightened state reapportionment laws....

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