New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1916-02-10
CITY WILL LOSE
ASSEMBLY VOTE
ReapportiOnment Ought TO
Yield 20, but VIII
Give Only 81.
Iron si.- corr,.poad,u, o. I'll, rrlbua. J

Iron {, SAG Correspondent ~ The Tribunsl
Albany. Feb. O. Tentative plans OF
the Republican legislative leaders for
the reapportionmcnt OF members Ct the
Legislature disclose the fact that al
though New York City's increase in
population in the last ten years is
twice that Of the rest Of the state, the
city nevertheless will lose one Assem-
hlymsn. The greater city. according
70 present plans. will have sixty-two
members OF the Assembly. compared
with its present quota OF siyty-three.
OfTsetting this loss IN the Assembly,
however, will be a gain of one Senator
for the greater city, the representation
ir this branch Of the Legislature under
the tentative plan being twenty-three,
compared with the present quota OF
twenty-five. The additional Senator
will 90 10 Queens. Westminster County
also viii get an additional Senator.
In spportioning members Of the Leg
islature the citizen population Of the
state is used as the basis. the result Of
which is that. while New York City's
population is more than half the actual
population Of the entire state, il has
only A. per cert Of the citizen popula-
tion. The citizen population OF the
state is s,O59,5l5, according TO the 1918
7 census, Of which the city has 3,S42.Jl9.
New York City a Loser.
IF New York City obtained A. per
cent of the members of the Legislature
its strength would be far greater than
il is now or will be under the new ap-
portionment. OF the 81 Senators the
city has %; OF the 100 Assemblymen II
has SO. Its number OF Senators, on
A. per cent basis would be %; nut the
Constitution provides that no county
having four Senators shall have any
additional unless there rs full quo
tIent for each.
On calculation o. g. per cent New
York City would get 40 Assemblymen,
but the apportionment must start out
by giving an Assemblyman 10 each
county This gives the upstate lead
New York City cannot overcome.
In the airport onment of Senators the
county is the basic unit on which cal
culatous are made. with standard
ratio of apportionment obtained by d.
vidnC the citizen population By 80.
The ratio for 1916 viii bc l6i,lgo
Whether on not the senate viii be
held al ITS present number Of 81 or viii
be reduced 20 90. the number prescribed
by the Constitutions has not set been
decided The Attorney General has
been asked for AN opinion on ihc ques-
ton he Constitution prescrbes that
COUNTIES having more than four Sen
ators must nave q full qucuen' fOl
each Senator above four. The elect OF
this provision s. that Kings County
lose. an additional Senator. because II
has not quite The required extra l6l.-
1870 citizens 20 make mp senate DIS
trict. u has. however. already more
than l5l 900 Of the required extra num-
Der
The apporuonmcut Of Assemblymen
begins by giving each county Hamil-
ton and Fulton counting as onel an
Assenblyman This disposes Of sixty
one of the 100 Asscmblymen II is then
provided that auv county having quo
tcnt and a half shall have Two As
.emblymcn. This Quotlcnt is obtained
by dividing the citizen population OF
The state by 1870. This wear 10 is 3d.
-"0 Twenty-Five counties. including
those OF New York City. Get two A.
~cmblymcn.