NY State Senate and Assembly Pass Congressional Redistricting Map
Both the Senate and Assembly passed the New York State Congressional redistricting map on Wednesday.
The vote comes after the Independent Redistricting Commission, comprised of five Democrats and five Republicans, failed to present one single set of maps to state lawmakers. The New York State Legislature came up with its own maps for the Assembly and Senate, as well as a map for Congress.
“We are trying to do our best to draw them fairly and to unravel some of the unfair things that have been baked into these maps over the years. And that has been the bulk of our work— really trying to remove the effects of political gerrymandering from the maps,” stated Democratic Senator, Michael Gianaris, who is on the committee responsible for creating the new districts.
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