City Growth May Affect Party Power in Albany
(NYT) — New York City accounted for two-thirds of the state’s population growth since 2000, according to census estimates, suggesting that after redistricting is completed in 2011, the State Legislature could remain controlled by Democrats for years to come.
As of July 1, 2009, census estimates released on Tuesday show, the city’s population was a record 8,391,881 — just shy of the 8.4 million that city demographers predict it will hit when the 2010 census results are released.
