Republicans win a temporary freeze in New York’s redistricting legal challenge

Republicans won a preliminary round in the latest legal challenge over New York’s congressional districts: the state’s top court on Tuesday declined to force the Independent Redistricting Committee to immediately start drafting new lines. The maps drawn in 2022 were tossed when the courts concluded Democrats did not take the proper steps before enacting them, leading to court-drawn lines that helped Republicans flip three House seats in the state. Democrats have since argued that they should now be allowed to redraft the maps for 2024 rather than rely on the existing ones for the remainder of the decade. The state Court of Appeals is due to hear arguments Nov. 15. Read more here.