New York must redraw congressional map before midterms, judge rules

[Uncle Joe]

Ruling presents Democrats with opportunity to pick up another US House seat in November elections

New York must redraw its congressional map, a state judge ruled on Wednesday, handing Democrats another key opportunity to pick up another US House seat before this fall’s midterm elections.

The ruling from Jeffrey Pearlman, a New York state supreme court justice, comes after a Democratic-aligned law firm challenged the boundaries of New York’s 11th congressional district, which includes the borough of Staten Island and portions of south Brooklyn. The district is currently represented by Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican, the only GOP member representing New York City in Congress.

The suit alleged that the current configuration of the district diminished the influence of Black and Latino voters. Pearlman agreed with that argument, saying the district boundaries violated a provision of the state constitution that requires districts to be drawn in such a way that “based on the totality of the circumstances, racial or minority language groups do not have less opportunity to participate in the political process than other members of the electorate and to elect representatives of their choice”.

The provision was added to the state constitution through a voter referendum in 2014.

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https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/21/new-york-redraw-congressional-maps-midterms

[Historic NY]

1. This time leave the morons whining out

too many hands fucked it up