New York Democrats Revive Redistricting Case

“The battle for control of Congress next year is already being waged in a New York appellate court where Democrats are seeking to revive a case challenging the redrawing of state congressional boundaries after 11 New York Republicans won elections last year — helping secure their party’s narrow majority in the House,” the Albany Times Union reports.

“The lawsuit seeks to compel the state Independent Redistricting Commission to submit a new map to the Legislature that would reshape New York’s congressional boundaries after a series of court rulings scrapped the gerrymandered districts that were created by state Democratic lawmakers. The boundaries were subsequently redrawn by a court prior to last year’s elections, and those maps are set to remain in place for the next decade.”