Little Guyana, located in Richmond Hill and South Ozone in Queens and consisting of Indo-Caribbean and South Asian residents, is a gerrymandered community in New York City.
Every 10 years, after the census, the voting lines for the State Senate, State Assembly, U.S. House of Representatives, and City Council have to be redrawn to reflect the new count of the population. Before the state’s redistricting process was kicked off by the census count in 2020, Little Guyana was split between two senate districts, two congressional districts, four city council districts, and seven assembly districts: Districts 23, 24, 27, 28, 31, 32, and 38.
Recent redistricting rounds split the community into three assembly districts, but the process is still dragging on after failing to reachabout voting maps last year. A special master was then appointed to redraw maps. He put Little Guyana into a single assembly district for the first time in history, although they are still left without a singular city council or senate district.
“I grew up here, so this issue is deeply personal to me,” said South Queens Women’s March Founder and Director Aminta Kilawan Narine. “As a child and now young adult, I have watched so many candidates from our community who have bravely attempted to run for elected office and lost.
District leader Richard David’s family immigrated to the city in 1991 and he has lived in the neighborhood since 1996. His parents were working class parents with too many jobs to be politically involved, but they did want that for their kids. He became an activist, founding the Indo-Caribbean Alliance, and has run for city council and assembly seats. He said his community has not been allowed a collective voice in government.
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