A group of 14 New Yorkers in Republican-friendly communities filed a lawsuit Thursday in state court against Gov. Kathy Hochul, top Democratic lawmakers, the state board of elections and a state redistricting task force.
This article was originally published on Feb 1 at 6:44pm EST by THE CITY New York City is slated to get more representation in the state Legislature under a.
Legislative leaders plan to fast-track passage of the redistricting task force’s maps for Assembly and Senate districts as the March 1 start of the political season approaches.
The congressional map is expected to come to a final vote in the Legislature on Wednesday afternoon, or perhaps later. Lawmakers are hurrying to set the map in stone this month, before the next political cycle kicks off.