The decision puts a dent in Democrats' hopes to hold onto their slim majority in the House.
New York Democrats had drawn a congressional map that could give them up to 22 seats in total. Republicans, who currently hold eight of the 27 seats, could be reduced to four.In efforts to counter gerrymandering, a 2014 voter-backed constitutional amendment established a 10-member commission that would present a map to the legislature. The commission would be split equally along party lines.
The Democratic-controlled state legislature rejected both maps and drafted their own after the commission was unable to produce a revised proposal.Acting state Supreme Court Judge Patrick McAllister ordered the New York legislature to draw bipartisan maps by April 11. "In a democracy, it is rare if ever that one party has all the right answers and all the right policies," McAllister wrote in the opinion. "If gerrymandering is allowed to occur then certain groups of voters will be discriminated against and become disenfranchised."
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