NY Democrats propose new House map similar to gerrymander struck down by courtsBy Zach Williams
May 2, 2022
Albany Democrats are floating a new congressional map that looks remarkably similar to the so-called “Hochulmander” struck down by the state Court of Appeals last week.
Super-blue Park Slope would still become part of the Staten Island-based district currently represented by Republican Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, according to maps submitted by Democrats over the weekend to a court-appointed special master now charged with redrawing the lines.
Swaths of upstate currently represented by Republicans would also lean more to the left compared to the current congressional map, under the Democrats’ redo. And they’d be better positioned to also flip a seat on Long Island though it would be the South Shore district currently held by GOP Rep. Andrew Garbarino, rather than the Suffolk-based district held by the outgoing Republican Lee Zeldin, that would now favor Democrats, according to a rendering of proposed districts from the CUNY Mapping Services.
When reached for comment, a spokesman for state Senate Democrats referred The Post to a memo submitted to state Supreme Court Justice Patrick McAllister, who first ruled against the congressional map in late March.
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https://nypost.com/2022/05/02/ny-dems-propose-new-house-map-similar-to-gerrymander-struck-down-by-courts/
