NY court strikes down Democrats’ gerrymander of election districtsBy Zach Williams and Carl Campanile
April 27, 2022
New York’s highest court has struck down new district lines for Congress and the state Senate drawn up to political advantage by state Democrats with just weeks to go until the June 28 primary elections.
The issue before the Court of Appeals, which held a hearing on the matter Tuesday, was whether Democrats acted with partisan intent while violating the procedures established by the amendment, which tasked an Independent Redistricting Commission with drawing the maps.
“We answer both questions in the affirmative and therefore declare the congressional and senate maps void. As a result, judicial oversight is required to facilitate the expeditious creation of constitutionally conforming maps for use in the 2022 election and to safeguard the constitutionally protected right of New Yorkers to a fair election,” Chief Judge Janet DiFiore said in a ruling released Wednesday afternoon.
Republicans celebrated the decision, which belies Democrats’ many claims that they did not gerrymander the new maps for partisan reasons.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2022/04/27/court-of-appeals-axes-new-maps-for-congress-ny-senate/
