ALBANY – New York’s highest court ruled that the state’s congressional lines must be redrawn ahead of the 2024 elections, handing a victory to Democrats that could help swing control of U.S. Congress.
In a 4-3 decision issued Tuesday, the state Court of Appeals found that a ruling issued by the court in 2022 applied only to that year’s congressional elections.
A mid-level state appellate court ruled on Thursday that New York’s congressional district lines must be redrawn ahead of the 2024 elections.
Congressional districts drawn by a court-appointed special master contributed to an unusually strong showing by Republicans in New York congressional races last year, a key to Republicans narrowly winning a majority in Congress.
Ahead of the 2024 elections, Republicans wanted the lines drawn last year to be set until the next federal census in 2030, and the next round of legislative redistricting.
But Democrats wanted congressional district lines redrawn by a bipartisan state commission, something a midlevel appeals court in July ordered to happen.
That bipartisan panel, created through a 2014 constitutional amendment, deadlocked 5-5 prior to the 2022 elections and was unable to draw district lines. That left the Democratic-controlled Legislature to…
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