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An appeals judge extended a temporary stay on a lower court ruling against the state’s new congressional and legislative district maps.
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An appeals judge extended a temporary stay on a lower court ruling against the state’s new congressional and legislative district maps.
The appeals judge said he would allow a lower court judge to hire an expert to draw up alternative congressional district maps in case the disputed ones ultimately get tossed.
New York’s primary season was potentially upended last week when Judge Patrick McAllister, a Republican trial judge, declared that new political district maps heavily favoring Democrats had been drawn up illegally.
State Appellate Division Justice Stephen Lindley of Rochester extended an already issued temporary stay that keeps the new district maps in play for petitioning purposes, pending appeal.
When Republican Gov. Larry Hogan signed into law new congressional maps drawn by the Democrat-controlled state General Assembly ...