Report from the Redistricting Committee Attached below are slides from the LWVPWM Redistricting Committee on our work thus far this year (July-December 2021) that was presented at today’s board meeting. The letter from LWVNY Executive Director Laura Bierman about the breakdown of the Independent Redistricting Committee.Continue Reading
On Giving Tuesday, December 1, 2021, the League of Women Voters of NYS (LWVNYS) announced it has received an anonymous $1 million donation to expand and strengthen its fight to defend democracy and voting rights for all. The donation, the largest ever received by LWVNYS, comes during a time of great transformation for the organization...Continue Reading
We were all excited about finally getting together in person to celebrate the New Year at the LWV of East Nassau’s 2022 Holiday Party which was to take place on Wednesday, January 19, at TOTO’S Restaurant at the Jones Beach Hotel. And, then came Omicron! Not wanting to take a chance on the health and...Continue Reading
On May 21st and 22nd, the League hosted our first-ever virtual Students Inside Albany Conference. Although last year we invited students who had been selected before the pandemic to join us for an afternoon of learning about state government, this was the first time the League has ever arranged a full conference including speakers and...Continue Reading
April 29th the League held its first ever People’s Hearing on New York State Redistricting. In total we had 325 attendees on our Zoom webinar and the event’s livestream on Facebook has been viewed more than 750 times. Testifiers gave passionate accounts of how redistricting has impacted their communities of interest and why this redistricting...Continue Reading
What Will the Infrastructure and Jobs Act Do for NYS? According to an email message from Congressmember Kathleen Rice, Long Island’s “once state-ofthe-art roads, bridges, airports, public transit, and water infrastructure have fallen into a state of disrepair and no longer support the needs of our communities.” The recently passed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act...Continue Reading
