PRESS RELEASE
"We strongly support keeping the City of Rome in the same congressional district as the City of Utica. These two cities form a clear community of interest within Oneida County and the Mohawk Valley that shares an Assembly District (AD-119), a single community college (Mohawk Valley Community College), the SUNY Polytechnic Institute, an interconnected business community, and a single county government. A congressional map that keeps these Mohawk Valley cities in one district will certainly be less vulnerable to court challenges."