Today New York’s Supreme Court, Appellate Division directed the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) to submit a second congressional map to comply with the NY State Constitution. This decision (with 2 of 5 judges on the panel dissenting) will likely be appealed to the state’s highest court. A state court has already required the IRC to draw and submit a second state house map after its initial failure to agree on any state redistricting map in January of 2022. Read the court’s opinion here.
From the court opinion:
“The IRC had an indisputable duty under the NY Constitution to submit a second set of maps upon the rejection of its first set. The language of NY Constitution, article III, § 4 makes clear that this duty is mandatory, not discretionary. It is undisputed that the IRC failed to perform this duty. . . . We direct the IRC to commence its duties forthwith.”
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