Friday, January 6, 2012

It's Official: NY State Senate To Add 63rd Seat

  Here is the link To a story by Celeste Katz of the Daily News on just how and why senate Republicans are going to increase the number of state senators from 62 to 63. 

  One must read the letter of explanation to see why the borough of the Bronx has only two full state senate district (the 32nd and 33rd Senators Diaz and G. Rivera), while the other State Senators Klein, Espillat, Serrano, and Hassel-Thompson, cover parts of the Bronx and either Manhattan or Westchester County as was the case back in 1894.  In 1894 the area of the Bronx was split by the Bronx River, with one side considered to go with Manhattan and the othe to go with Westchester. 

The letter makes for some interesting reading, and maybe the Bronx in 2012 can be seen as an entire county and not parts of Manhattan or Westchester County.  

 

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