The top Senate Republican will appoint a new member to the stateâs Independent Redistricting Commission in the coming weeks after one of its 10 commissioners resigned over financial disclosure requirements included in the 2021-22 budget.
George Winner, a Republican former senator and assemblyman who represented parts of the Finger Lakes for 30 years, resigned May 5 from the commission tasked with drawing elective lines after language in the 2021-22 state budget delegates commissioners as legislative employees, which requires them to publicly disclose their financial records.
Winner was initially told because the commission was independent from the Legislature, the 10-member group would not be subject to Section 73-A of state Public Officers Law, which mandates legislative employees file an annual statement of financial disclosure with the legislative ethics commission.
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The state Comptrollerâs Office holds the key to release millions of legislated dollars to fund the stateâs Independent Redistricting Commission as the groupâs time to redraw elective maps grows short.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoliâs office and state Department of Taxation and Finance staff are working to establish the Department of the Independent Redistricting Commission as the group prepares to embark on the stateâs inaugural redistricting process without the Legislatureâs input.
The comptroller must approve plans to create the department so commissioners can draw from the groupâs $4 million budget legislated in the 2021-22 budget.
The state Comptrollerâs Office holds the key to release millions of legislated dollars to fund the stateâs Independent Redistricting Commission as the groupâs time to redraw elective maps grows short.
State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoliâs office and state Department of Taxation and Finance staff are working to establish the Department of the Independent Redistricting Commission as the group prepares to embark on the stateâs inaugural redistricting process without the Legislatureâs input.
The comptroller must approve plans to create the department so commissioners can draw from the groupâs $4 million budget legislated in the 2021-22 budget.