New York Redistricting: What Happened and What’s Next?

DATE: Tuesday, June 18, 2024

TIME: 9:30 a.m.–12:30 p.m. ET

PLACE:
New York Law School
Events Center, Second Floor
185 West Broadway
New York, NY 10013

RSVP: www.nyls.edu/CityLawRSVP

In 2014, New York voters approved a constitutional amendment creating a new redistricting system. When first used, the new rules led to chaos and confusion, and a process ending two years later than it should have. This conference, presented by NYLS’s New York Elections, Census, and Redistricting Institute, will explore what changed, what happened, and what should shift before 2030 through new constitutional reform.

CLE: 2.0 credits in Areas of Professional Practice (NY transitional and non-transitional)

COST: Free of charge

This event is co-sponsored by the Center for New York City Law and the New York Elections, Census, and Redistricting Institute

Opening Remarks
Anthony W. Crowell, Dean and President, NYLS

Moderator
Jeffrey M. Wice, Adjunct Professor and Senior Fellow, NYLS

Speakers 
Brigid Bergin, WNYC & Gothamist
Laura Bierman, NYS League of Women Voters
Dr. Jonathan Cervas, 2022 NYS Special Master
Hon. John Faso, former U.S. House Member
Abrams Fensterman, LLC and Former Chair, NYS Independent Redistricting Commission
Lucia Gomez, NYC Central Labor Council
Hon. David Imamura, Former Chair, NYS Independent Redistricting Commission
Ken Jenkins, Chair, NYS Independent Redistricting Commission
Elizabeth OuYang, APA VOICE
Grace Pyun, NYC Districting Commission
Steven Romalewski, CUNY Graduate Center Mapping Service
Cesar Ruiz, LatinoJustice PRLDEF
Esmeralda Simmons, Activist Attorney
Jerry Vattamala, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund
Ben Weinberg, Citizens Union

AGENDA:
9:30 a.m.
Welcoming Remarks
Dean and President Anthony W. Crowell, New York Law School

9:35 a.m.
Conference Overview 
Professor Jeffrey M. Wice, New York Law School

9:45 a.m.
Keynote Remarks
Special Master Dr. Jonathan Cervas, Carnegie Mellon University

10:00 a.m.
Mapping Presentation
Steven Romalewski, CUNY Graduate Center

10:15 a.m.
Panel 1: The 2014 Constitutional Amendment and Post-2020 Redistricting Process 
Hon. John Faso, former U.S. House Member; Ken Jenkins, Chair, NYS Independent Redistricting Commission; Cesar Ruiz, LatinoJustice; Esmeralda Simmons, Esq.,Activist Attorney; Jerry Vattamala, Asian American Legal Defense and Education Fund; New York Law School; Ben Weinberg, Citizens Union; Professor Jeffrey M. Wice, New York Law School (moderator)

11:15 a.m.

Panel 2: Redistricting Reform: What Needs to be Done Before 2030 
Mohamed Q. Amin, Caribbean Equality Project; Laura Bierman, NYS League of Women Voters; Lucia Gomez, NYC Central Labor Council; Hon. David Imamura, former Chair, NYS Independent Redistricting Commission; Liz OuYang, APA VOICE; Grace Pyun, former General Counsel, NYC Districting Commission; Ben Max, New York Law School (moderator)

12:15 p.m.
Remarks
Brigid Bergin, WNYC; Gothamist

12:30 p.m.
Closing Comments
Professor Jeffrey M. Wice, New York Law School