YToday is my 52nd birthday. We got some pretty big news this week about the gerrymandered maps of the Onondaga County Legislature having to be redrawn. It was an early birthday present for sure. When I ran for commissioner in 2012 it was a direct response to the gerrymandered maps from 2011 and the lackContinue reading “Help support the Onondaga County Legislature Democrats in the next phase of this fight for Fair Maps.”
Category Archives: Redistricting
Victory in Onondaga County Redistricting fight….but the battle continues
On September 24th Legislator Chris Ryan announced victory n the Onondaga County redistricting lawsuit. New maps are ordered for the 2025 elections. I was proud to work on this lawsuit and stand with my fellow democrats on it. Original Lawsuit press conference page from 2022 Direct link to all filings on lawsuit Media Coverage OnondagaContinue reading “Victory in Onondaga County Redistricting fight….but the battle continues”
Lawsuit against Onondaga County legislative maps wins first major legal milestone.
On January 12, 2023 we won a major victory in our lawsuit against Onondaga County Legislative maps. The County has spent the last three months delaying our suit asking for it to be dismissed on a technicality instead of defending their illegal maps. Their motion has now been dismissed and we can now move toContinue reading “Lawsuit against Onondaga County legislative maps wins first major legal milestone.”
Central Current Radio Episode 6
In this episode of Central Current Radio, Host Rick Wright and Editor-in-Chief Julie McMahon talk local politics and the upcoming midterm elections with longtime Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. For the latest coverage from the Central Current team go to centralcurrent.org/. Subscribe to dustinczarny.com for all content and election related news
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Democratic legislators sue Onondaga County for gerrymandering – WAER
“PlanScore, a non-profit website by the campaign legal center, another non-profit entity, scored the plan in February of 2020 and said that in 94% of all results, Republicans would lead the county legislature. That is in a county where Democrats have a large plurality of registered voters. In fact, Republicans are the third in OnondagaContinue reading “Democratic legislators sue Onondaga County for gerrymandering – WAER”
Onondaga County Democrats file formal complaint over new district maps – Spectrum News
“This process was designed at the start to put a partisan gerrymander to ensure a minority rule of Republicans on the county Legislature. And our experts that we are bringing forth in our proceedings will show this,” said Onondaga County Democratic Elections Commissioner Dustin Czarny. https://spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-ny/politics/2022/08/18/onondaga-county-democrats-file-formal-complaint-over-new-district-maps
Democratic lawmakers sue Onondaga County, claiming legislative maps are ‘a nullity’ – Syracuse.com
“I’m taking the rare step of joining this lawsuit because I believe in fair districting and I believe that the voters of Onondaga County were not served by the process,’’ Czarny said. https://www.syracuse.com/news/2022/08/democratic-lawmakers-sue-onondaga-county-claiming-legislative-maps-are-a-nullity.html
Democrats accuse Onondaga County of “racially” gerrymandered district map – CNYCentral.com
“They did not take into account the public comments that were given, they did not take into account the public calls to have a more inclusive and open public hearing schedule over a longer period of time,” according to Dustin Czarny. “They rushed to put their maps in place in effort to beat Governor HochulContinue reading “Democrats accuse Onondaga County of “racially” gerrymandered district map – CNYCentral.com”
Lawsuit on Challenging Onondaga County map
In August I took part in a Press Conference today with Legislator Chris Ryan and Common Council President Helen Hudson announcing the filing of a legal challenge to the Onondaga County Legislative maps which we allege are a partisan and racial gerrymander in violation of the Onondaga County Charter, the Municipal Home Rule Law, andContinue reading “Lawsuit on Challenging Onondaga County map”
Democrats in Onondaga County file lawsuit over County Legislature’s new voting maps – WSYR 9
“They made the illegal decision to have the county legislature draw their own maps and pass their own maps,” Czarny said. “Which are also illegal.” “The redistricting commission known as the reapportionment commission took only three weeks from inception to finish, to vote on maps,” he added. https://www.localsyr.com/news/local-news/democrats-in-onondaga-county-file-lawsuit-over-county-legislatures-new-voting-maps/
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