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ALBANY – New York’s loss of a congressional seat due to the 2020 census will again set off a once-a-decade game of musical chairs among those currently holding the state’s congressional seats, and continue what political observers think will be a shift of political power from upstate to downstate.
With the Census Bureau saying the state fell just 89 people short of keeping all 27 seats, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said the state is weighing its legal options to challenge the outcome. “Obviously, it’s not desirable. The last thing you want to do is lose representation in Washington,” he said.
New York's loss of a congressional seat due to the 2020 census will again set off a once-a-decade game of musical chairs among those currently holding the
The NYS Legislature could place Rep. Stefanik and 22nd Congressional District Rep. Claudia Tenney in the same district. Both are outspoken conservative women.
Census: New York to lose 1 House seat UPDATED 6:15 PM ET Apr. 26, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:19 PM ET Apr. 26, 2021 PUBLISHED 3:19 PM EDT Apr. 26, 2021
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New York will lose one seat in the House of Representatives as its population did not grow as fast as other parts of the country, the U.S. Census Bureau on Monday announced.
The state fell 89 residents short of retaining all of its House seats a statistic that will likely lead to questions over how the count was tabulated and whether New Yorkers were undercounted during the once-a-decade survey conducted amid a pandemic. That s a razor thin margin and that makes a huge difference in terms of not only New York s politics, but can also impact federal aid to the state, said Blair Horner of New York Public Interest Research Group.
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The Census Bureau says if 89 more more people had been counted in New York, and other states’ population counts had remained the same, New York would not have lost the seat.
The data released Monday showed New York had a total of 20,215,751 residents in 2020, up from 2010, but most other states grew faster.
The slower population gains in the upstate regions west of Albany will likely result in one fewer seat there. Democrats control the governor’s seat and hold a supermajority in both houses of the State Legislature. They appoint the members of the state’s redistricting commission, which draws the new lines.