Document Type
Report
Publication Date
9-2022
Abstract
On July 15, 2022, the New York City Districting Commission released a preliminary plan for council districts after holding meetings since March 29, and public hearings since May 26. Presently, the Districting Commission has drawn 29 majority districts and 22 plurality districts. Of the 51 districts preliminarily drawn, non-Hispanic whites represent a majority in 11 districts and the single largest population group (i.e., plurality) in another nine districts. Hispanics represented the majority population in 10 districts and the plurality in five more. Blacks are the majority in six preliminary districts and the plurality in five other districts. Asians are the majority population in two districts and the plurality in another three districts. Overall, this outcome is surprising when compared to the composition of current council districts in light of the 2020 decennial census. The difference in the district’s population distribution in the preliminary plan seems to give an advantage to the non-Hispanic white population, evident in how those plans affect plurality districts.
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