Keywords
redistricting, multiracial districts, single-member districts, voting, Voting Rights Act, New York City Districting Commission
Abstract
This essay examines the 1991 New York Ciity Council districting, with particular focus on the problems inherent in districting a multiracial city and the limitations of single member districts as a method of minority empowerment. The essay examines specific New York City Council districts that contain more than one minority group and concludes that electing council members from at-large, borough-wide districts by cumulative voting is a more effective districting strategy to structure majoritarian collective decision-making bodies that ensure meaningful minority interest representation and participation. .
Recommended Citation
Judith Reed,
Of Boroughs, Boundaries and Bullwinkles: The Limitations of Single-Member Districts In A Multiracial Context,
19 Fordham Urb. L.J. 759
(1992).
Available at: https://ir.lawnet.fordham.edu/ulj/vol19/iss3/14