Future Congressional Districts
In November of 2022, on Election Day (November 8th) many Long Islanders will be choosing a “new” Congressional representative. What voters may not be aware of is that besides selecting a “new” Congressional Rep., they may now be registered in a different Congressional District.
Currently, in the first Congressional District, Congressman Lee Zeldin is seeking the nomination for the Governor of New York State. He is not seeking re-election to the House of Representatives in what is currently the New York State 1st Congressional District. The first District, however, will be composed of a variety of “different” towns in November 2022. The 1st District will pick up the towns of Plainview, Old Bethpage and Bethpage. Also added to the 1st District will be South Farmingdale, Pinelawn, Northern Copiague and Northern Lindenhurst, Northern West Babylon, Deer Park, most of North Babylon, Wyandanch, Brentwood, Central Islip and Islandia. These towns were previously part of Congressional District 2.
Many towns that were in District 1 are being changed to District 2. They are: Lake Grove, Lake Ronkonkoma, Northern Ronkonkoma, Holbrook, Holtsville, Farmingville, Selden, southern Coram, Medford, East Patchogue, North Bellport, Bellport, Shirley, Mastic, Mastic Beach, Moriches, Eastport, Quogue, Westhampton Beach, southern Manorville, Southern Middle Island. As concerns District 2, it will now include all of the Nassau County portions of Farmingdale but will lose South Farmingdale to District 1(see above)
A major shift in a Congressional District will also be occurring in District 3.
Once it was purely a Long Island District but part of the “NEW” changes will add:
Shore front areas in Westchester County. This will include Rye Brook, Rye, Port Chester, Mamaroneck, Larchmont, New Rochelle, Pelham and Pelham Manor. Other “new” parts of the District 3 will be City Island, Pelham Bay, Schuylerville and Throggs Neck.
Current, Congressional Rep. Thomas Suozzi is also seeking the position for Governor of New York State. He will not be seeking re-election to the “new” 3rd CD.
The Final Congressional change in November of 2022 will be in CD 4. Kathleen Rice who has been a great friend and supporter of Branch 6000 members and NALC causes will also not be seeking re-election. Changes that will be occurring in the 4th District are: The 4th District will pick up additional parts of East Williston and Williston Park.
What all of this means , is that 3 of our 4 current Long Island House members and the voters that they will represent will be “new” after the November 2022 elections. This also means that this membership has its work cut-out for us because of how critical it is to maintain having “friends” and Congressional Representatives who are supporters of our legislative causes. We can take nothing for granted because of these impending “future” changes.
Letter Carriers need to “VOTE” and be registered to vote especially with these changes that are occurring. Letter Carriers need to know who the NALC will be endorsing in the November 2022 elections. Letter Carriers also need to support and contribute financially to the Letter Carrier Political Fund (LCPF).
Starting February 26, 2022, every “career” letter carrier began receiving and additional .64 an hour Cost-of-Living Allowance (COLA) increase. This is equivalent to another $1331 annually. If every “career” letter carrier were to take “just” $1.00 a pay period of that “new” money, equivalent to $26 annually, and donate to the LCPF, the fund would have an additional $4 million dollars to support NALC candidates.
Minus the $26 for LCPF, you would still be receiving a $1305 cola pay raise. You can join LCPF by going to the National website, www.nalc.org, and completing forms to have this money ($1.00) deducted from you bi-weekly pay.
No candidate can “run” for a political office without financial support.
You are either in the fight or you are an observer. If you are only an “observer” then you have no right to complain about any “future” outcome in the future that could affect the future of the Postal Service and your future contracts and benefits. “Your Silence is Your Consent!”
