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The Broome County Legislature postponed adopting a new map of the county’s 15 legislative districts, Thursday night, following a public hearing. The map would allow many Republican incumbents to keep their current seats.

State prisoners will be counted as residents of the districts where they originally lived.

The Southern Tier as a whole saw an 11 percent decrease in its population under 18.

“We’re hopeful that we can get through this process, but the census information coming at such a late time has really put us behind schedule."

One big question: How hard should mapmakers try to match up district lines with county and municipal borders?

The change to use housing density instead of population density has some urban planners on edge.

“There won’t be someone there arguing against or for a redistricting line in the same way that you would have if someone was actually an incumbent and running again."

"We’re looking at legal options because when you’re talking about 89 [people], I mean, that could be a minor mistake.”

If 89 more people had been counted last year as part of the federal census in New York, the state wouldn’t be losing a seat in Congress for at least the next decade.

Recent population estimates and data from the latest American Community Survey can be used to help figure out where the new district lines should be.