NYS Court of Appeals: Back to the Drawing Board for Congressional Maps

“New York’s top court on Tuesday ordered the state to redraw its congressional districts, ruling that the state’s current Congressional district lines, which were drawn by a court-appointed special master and used in the 2022 elections, deprived New Yorkers of their constitutional rights,” reported the Queens Eagle. In a move that could shake up a half-dozen races – including several in Queens, Nassau, and Suffolk, New York State’s highest court held 4-3 that the Independent Redistricting Committee (IRC) must “submit a new congressional district map to the Legislature for approval ‘on the earliest possible date, but in no event later than February 28, 2024.’” Redistricting fights in New York and across the South will heavily influence which party holds the majority in the closely divided U.S. House of Representatives after the November 2024 elections. Learn more here.