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By Susan Arbetter New York State PUBLISHED 1:40 PM ET Dec. 23, 2020 PUBLISHED 1:40 PM EST Dec. 23, 2020 SHARE New York’s horrible year is about to get worse. One estimate of the state’s population count, which has dwindled substantially in the last few years, indicates the state may lose not just one Congressional seat, but two. The estimate was released by Election Data Services, Inc. (EDS), a political consulting firm specializing in re...

New York Could Potentially Lose 2 House Seats: Report The state of New York could lose up to two congressional seats in the next round of apportionment because of a decline in population, according to a new report by Election Data Services, a political consulting firm. The Dec. 22 report (pdf), which the firm says is based on new Census Bureau population estimates, “shows a subtle but significant change in the upcoming apportionment process.” “Under the back-dated April 2020 data, New York would only see a single seat lose, instead keeping their 26th seat (seat #435) by only 20,337 peo...