China News Service, May 23. According to the US "World Journal" report, New York State Superior Court Judge Patrick McAllister (Patrick McAllister) ruled on the 21st that the New York State district redistricting principal Jonathan Cervas (Jonathan Cervas) The redrawing of congressional districts has been finalized; the tenth district includes Manhattan's Chinatown and Brooklyn Sunset Park; Flushing, where most Asian-Pacific Americans gather, and many other Queens communities, including Flushing, are designated as the sixth district, which will have more Strong voting power and voice.
The newly designated tenth district is the riverside area of northwest Brooklyn, including Brooklyn Heights (Brooklyn Heights) extending to Sunset Park, east to Park Slope (Park Slope), south to Borough Park (Borough Park) and Bayou. A small part of Bay Ridge.
In Manhattan, it includes the area below Washington Square Park, including Chinatown and the Lower East Side; census data shows that the constituency is 56% white, 19.1% Asian, and Hispanic. 14% and African Americans 6.2%.
The sixth district in Queens will have a bigger advantage than Brooklyn and Manhattan, said Ouyang Xiaoan, coordinator of the APA VOICE Redistricting Task Force, including Woodside, Jackson Heights, Elmhurst, Flushing and parts of Bayside, which will have 45.8% of the voteable population, will directly affect the say in the election.
The 10th district was previously represented by senior Democratic congressman Jerry Nadler, but according to the newly drawn congressional district map, the core area of the district is divided into the first place of Republican congressman Carolyn Maloney. 12 constituency; Nadler said on social media on the 21st that he will run for the 12th constituency Congress.
The newly drawn district map has left the tenth district congressional seat vacant; former Mayor Bill de Blasio and New York State Chinese-American Rep. Niu Yulin have successively announced their candidacy for the district, including other candidates, and there may be nine candidates .
Ouyang Xiaoan has been at the forefront of the constituency redistricting process. She said on the 21st that she was "very satisfied" with the result.
"This allows the Asian-American community to maintain a complete and consistent appeal to the greatest extent possible, so that our community has a more equal voice in elections"; she said, this will also prompt candidates to actively refer to and meet the needs of the Asian-American community in Basic needs for public safety, language access, affordable healthcare, housing, etc.
(Zhang Chen)