Several northwest Bronx community groups are convening a forum Thursday night, 6 p.m., at the Mosholu Montefiore Community Center, 3450 Dekalb Ave., to discuss the current redistricting proposals — for state senate, assembly and congressional districts — and how they will affect local communities.
At a public hearing last month, some 50 community leaders and residents came out to blast the assembly and state senate redistricting proposals as blatant gerrymandering that would awkwardly slice and dice the Norwood and Bedford Park neighborhoods.
The forum will include guest presenters Susan Lerner from Common Cause and Lucia Gomez-Jimenez from La Fuente, a group that lobbies on behalf of Tri-State workers.
Representatives from the Bedford Mosholu Community Association, Tracey Towers Committee for Survival, Friends of Williamsbridge Oval, the Kingsbridge Heights Neighborhood Improvement Association, and Mosholu Preservation Corporation will also be attending.
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