Forget state legislative and congressional redistricting this year, groups are now mobilizing to affect the redistricting of the New York City Council for the 2013 races.

Earlier today, the Asian American Community Coalition on Redistricting and Democracy (ACCORD), organized a rally to urge the City Council to appoint a diverse slate to their redistricting commission later this month.

“It’s really about who are these people, do they understand the communities, do they understand the immigrants here,” James Hong, a spokesman for the organization, told The Politicker. “We have no idea what this commission will look like.” Read More