New York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Tish James filed an amicus brief urging a state court to toss the district lines drawn by a court-appointed special master after last year's redistricting mess.
Gothamist is funded by sponsors and member donationsNew York Gov. Kathy Hochul and Attorney General Tish James have joined an effort to redraw Congressional and state legislative borders, following a redistricting fiasco that may have helped deliver the House of Representatives to Republicans in the 2022 midterms.
Democrats around the country are seeking to regain control of the House in 2024 after Republicans narrowly claimed power — while performing above expectations during the last election in places like New York that lean Democratic. As it stand, the current lines will remain in effect for the remainder of the decade.
The brief concedes the final outcome of redistricting last year — at the hands of a special master — was “necessary and appropriate,” because of the tight timeframe before Election Day. But it argues the state constitution requires that the Legislature “must have the opportunity to remedy electoral maps found to be invalid by a court.”
Republicans have repeatedly accused Democrats of attempted gerrymandering and have continued to fire back at current litigation.
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