On Thursday, April 20, the Independent Redistricting Commission is holding a meeting at 12:30 p.m. The meeting, which is open to the public, takes place at the Legislative Office Building in Albany, but it will be streamed online at www.nyirc.gov.
For the past few months, the Independent Redistricting Commission has been working on redrawing the State Assembly districts. In its draft map (shown below), all of Columbia County, except Ancram and Gallatin, would no longer be part of Assembly District 106, the district represented by Didi Barrett. Instead all of the county, except for Ancram and Gallatin, would be part of AD 107, the district currently represented by Scott Bendett, a Republican.
Since the draft map was proposed, the Independent Redistricting Commission conducted a series of public hearings throughout the state. During a public hearing in Albany in January, representatives from Columbia County argued that Columbia County should remain part of AD 106, because it had more in common with Dutchess County and the Hudson Valley than it did with Rensselaer County and the Albany area.
At Thursday's meeting, the commission will vote on the final Assembly map proposal, which presumably has been amended based on comments from the public. The commission is also expected t0 vote on sending the final Assembly map proposal and the report to the legislature.
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