A New York appellate judge is allowing elections to proceed this year under redistricting maps signed into law earlier this year but must redraw lines in time for the 2024 elections.
New York’s legislature is set to vote today on new congressional district maps that will expand Democrats’ influence in New York politics for years to come.
Proposed political maps released by the leaders of New York’s Democrat-dominated legislature would give the party an advantage in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional districts.
Democrats on New York’s redistricting commission are throwing up their hands, a day before a bipartisan panel was to submit redrawn congressional boundaries to state lawmakers.