One of the great honors of my life is I have been asked to testify frequently at the NYS legislature on improving elections in New York. Occasionally I have submitted testimony to the Onondaga County legislature as well as the Syracuse Common Council. I have collected all my official testimony here as well as links to video when available.
I was asked to do an impromptu testimony for the 2nd public hearing of the Syracuse redistricting Commission. I had no prepared remarks but I talked briefly about the importance of factoring in schools. mainly the 5 city high schools, when determining council boundaries. I urge all to go to these meetings and share their…
For transparencies sake I am releasing my written testimony to the Syracuse Independent Redistricting Commission (follow link for future hearing dates), I am also posting a video of the redistricting hearing. It is important to note I have no voting power on this commission and my suggestions are made as a City resident and not…
Mr. County Executive, For three years, the people of Onondaga County have been asking for a more transparent and less partisan redistricting process that will result in fair maps. They petitioned the Onondaga County Legislature and City of Syracuse Common Council in 2019 to replace their partisan processes and put citizens in charge of truly…
(For transparency’s sake I have decided to share my prepared written testimony for today’s Budget Hearing for the Onondaga County Board of Elections at the Onondaga County Legislature. I am arguing for more funding and against the County Executive’s cuts of our draft budget.) October 8, 2021 Budget Committee Hearing Onondaga County Legislature The Board…