NY Democrats, pushing diversity, poised to pass bill to create court districts for Onondaga and other urban counties

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NY Democrats, pushing diversity, poised to pass bill to create court districts for Onondaga and other urban counties

With just a week left in the New York legislative session, a Democratic senator introduced a bill to give three urban counties, including Onondaga, their own separate judicial districts. The bill, introduced Monday, aims to create individual judicial districts for Onondaga, Monroe and Erie counties. A nearly identical bill has been introduced in the Assembly. The Senate’s legislative session is scheduled to end Thursday.

Democrats look to create favorable judicial districts

State Sen. Anthony Palumbo, a Long Island Republican, argues that a Democratic-led effort to create judicial districts is partisan meddling in the courts.

State lawmakers approve bill to redraw court district lines, isolating Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo into their own districts

ALBANY — Upstate New York’s court districts could soon be reorganized, split between three major cities and the rural counties that surround them.