New Legislative District Maps
Click on the links below to view the federal, state, and county government legislative maps applicable to residents of Westchester County that took effect in January 2023.
Current through 2023: Westchester County Government Legislative Districts
Effective January 2024: Westchester County Government Legislative Districts
*On December 12, 2023, the Court of Appeals in Buffalo issued its decision in Hoffman v. New York State Independent Redistricting Commission, ruling that under the provisions of the 2014 New York Constitutional Amendment, the Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) is required to submit another proposal for new Congressional district maps to the NYS Legislature for approval by February 28, 2024. Candidates intending to run for Congressional seats will have a short window of time to circulate and file their petitions to appear on the ballot for the NYS June Primary. Having previously filed an amicus brief arguing against mid-decade redistricting, LWVNYS issued a statement urging the IRC to "uphold the promise of the 2014 constitutional amendments" and "reach consensus on a new map that complies with the constitutional requirements to avoid partisan gerrymandering, consider communities of interest and protect racial and language minority rights." LWVNYS joined other voting rights organizations in a December 18, 2023 letter and a January 23, 2024 press release the IRC to hold hearings and prioritize transparency and public participation in the process. To date, the IRC has not issued any call for public comments or input and appears to be relying on public comments received previously.
The Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC), having been ordered by the NY Court of Appeals to draw a new map for our Congressional districts, submitted its consensus map to the NY State Legislature in February 2024. The IRC map was very close to the Court-ordered Special Master’s map of May 2022. The Democratic-controlled NYS Legislature rejected the IRC map and drew its own map, which also made minor changes to the Special Master’s map, and the Governor signed the Legislature's map into law. Though the new lines were drawn to make some districts more favorable to Democrats and some more favorable to Republicans, the overall map slightly favored Democrats.
In lower Westchester, U.S. Congressional District 16 had originally included the Wakefield neighborhood of the Bronx; in the Legislature's new map, Wakefield was swapped for Co-op City, as emphasized in the map inset for the new CD 16 borders, shown below (left). The northern line of U.S. Congressional District 17, which includes upper Westchester, Rockland, Putnam, and part of Dutchess County, changed slightly in Dutchess County from the Special Master’s map, shown below (right).
CD 16
CD 17
Westchester County Legislative District Numbers
- U.S. Congressional Districts 16, 17
- NYS Senate Districts 34, 35, 36, 37, 40
- NYS Assembly Districts 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95
- Westchester County Legislative Districts 1-17
Other Useful Links
- LWVNYS's Redistricting 2021-2022 & People Powered Fair Maps webpage: background information concerning the recent redistricting process, hearings, league advocacy, and litigation
- New York State Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) Website: information concerning the membership, regulations, hearings, plans, and other activities of the IRC, a bipartisan organization independent from the state legislature created following a 2014 state constitutional amendment that is responsible for redrawing congressional and state legislative districts after each census every ten years.
- New York State Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR): information on membership, maps, news, data, hearings, and more of the NYS Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, established by Chapter 45 of the New York State Laws of 1978 to research and study the techniques and methodologies to be used by the U.S. Commerce Departments' bureau of the Census in carrying out the decennial federal census. The Task Force aids the Legislature by providing technical plans for meeting the requirements of legislative timetables for the reapportionment of U.S. Congressional, State Senate, and State Assembly districts. It also conducts research projects relating to the collection and use of census data and other statistical information.
For additional background information concerning redistricting, view the Westchester County Board of Elections Program, Redistricting 101
