NY ordered to redistrict House maps, Dems could claw back 6 congressional seats
By Bernadette Hogan and
Priscilla DeGregory
July 13, 2023 2:46pm
A New York court ordered new congressional maps be redrawn ahead of the 2024 midterms, siding with Democrats salivating at the chance to overturn several embarrassing losses last November.
The appellate court reversed a lower court’s decision on Thursday and ordered the state’s redistricting commission to start work on new proposed state congressional lines impacting 26 House seats — 15 held by Democrats and 11 by the GOP.
Republicans vowed to take the politically charged case to New York’s highest court.
“Democrats want to rig the congressional district lines in their favor,” roared former GOP Rep. John Faso of the Hudson Valley district. “New York state now has more competitive congressional districts than any state in the nation.”
If the decision is upheld by the Empire State’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, they would replace the maps used for the 2022 elections — which were redrawn by a neutral, court-ordered “special master” after Albany Democrats gerrymandered a previous version of the district lines.
“We’re looking forward to getting back to work,” said Karen Blatt, the commission’s Democratic co-executive director. “And we’re looking forward to working with our Republican side as well.”
A New York appellate court has ordered new congressional maps be redrawn ahead of the 2024 midterms.If the congressional districts revert to the lines drawn in 2022, it would also seriously jeopardize Republican wins in battleground seats on Long Island, Staten Island and the Hudson Valley, which experts pinpoint as key to icing out Democratic control of the House, and possibly end GOP control of the House.
Some fear it could result in a possible end to the GOP’s control of the House.
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