Yonkers Republicans, fearing gerrymandering, pitch their own voter maps
Photo credit: Faye Murman | The outside of Yonkers City Hall. (May 15, 2012)
Republicans on the Yonkers City Council unveiled their own redistricting maps Tuesday in response to a Democratic-backed plan that they say is aimed at protecting several council members vulnerable to a GOP challenge.
The maps -- which are radically different from the redrawing of council districts by Democrats but are closer to the current boundaries -- are the latest volley in a once-a-decade...