Appeals Court Orders NY To Redraw US House Map

The New York Times reports:

A New York appeals court on Thursday ordered the state’s congressional map to be redrawn, siding with Democrats in a case that could give the party a fresh chance to tilt one of the nation’s most contested House battlegrounds leftward.

Wading into a long-simmering legal dispute, the Appellate Division of the State Supreme Court in Albany said that the competitive, court-drawn districts put in place for last year’s midterms had only been a temporary fix.

They ordered the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission to promptly restart a process that would effectively give the Democrat-dominated State Legislature final say over the contours of New York’s 26 House seats for the remainder of the decade.

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A New York appeals court has ordered the state’s congressional map to be redrawn. Both parties believe Democrats could now draw maps that pass legal muster while making re-election almost impossible for incumbent Republicans like George Santos and others. https://t.co/4Ehrn8laTs

— Keith Boykin (@keithboykin) July 13, 2023