EAST GREENBUSH, N.Y. During its Tuesday evening meeting, the Rensselaer County Legislature voted 13-5 along party lines to approve a plan to build a new senior center in Hoosick Falls. The plan involves the $575,000 purchase of a Dollar Tree building on state Route 22, which closed earlier this year. The property encompasses 8,000 […]
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TROY, N.Y. â As a result of the 2020 Census, communities across America will have the opportunity and the obligation to redistrict. Redistricting is the process of redrawing the lines that define political districts. This happens after the completion of the federal census every 10 years.
This year the Census Bureauâs data shall be delivered to all states at once in and around September 30, instead of on a roll-out basis as had been done in the past. This will allow the Census Bureau to deliver complete and accurate redistricting data in a timelier fashion overall for the states.
The redistricting data includes counts of population by race, ethnicity, voting age, housing status, and group quarters population such as nursing homes, military bases, and the like. This is the information that states need to redraw or âredistrictâ their legislative boundaries.