Update: Status of New York Redistricting Maps. June 2023
New York's post-2020 census redistricting continues to be contentious. Here is an update on the legal status of the congressional and state legislative maps. In 2022 state courts invalidated all three of New York state's redistricting maps (Congressional, state senate, and state assembly) on procedural grounds after the New York Independent Redistricting Commission deadlocked on maps. With no provision in the state constitution addressing exactly what should happen in the case of a commission deadlock, the legislature enacted its own maps in February of 2022. Later, a state trial court held that the legislature overstepped when it adopted maps and…
