US EditionJudge tosses lines of NYC’s only Republican House seat, as state enters redistricting wars
Judge finds Staten Island’s 11th District map dilutes Black and Hispanic votes, orders redrawing by Feb. 6, potentially shifting the GOP seat to Democrats, court documents show.
- On Wednesday, New York state Supreme Court Justice Jeffrey Pearlman ordered New York's Independent Redistricting Commission to redraw the Staten Island-based 11th Congressional District for diluting Black and Hispanic votes.
- The case, filed by an election law firm aligned with the Democratic Party, argued the lines ignored a rise in Staten Island's Black and Latino residents, diluting their voting power, while Republican critics called it an effort to 'game' the district.
- Citing evidence of racially polarized voting, the judge ordered pairing Staten Island with part of southern Manhattan, shifting southern Brooklyn into New York's 10th District represented by Rep. Dan Goldman.
- Republicans are expected to appeal the ruling, which opens a new front in a national gerrymandering battle as both parties vie for control of the U.S. House.
- About a third of states have considered redrawing House districts this year since President Donald Trump urged Republicans, and moving a heavily Democratic portion of the 10th into the 11th could help Democrats flip the seat.
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Judge Orders GOP-Held Seat Redrawn on Minority Concerns
A judge on Wednesday threw out the boundaries of the only congressional seat in New York City represented by a Republican, ordering the state to redraw the district because its current composition unconstitutionally diluted the votes of Black and Hispanic residents. Republicans are expected to appeal the decision, the AP...
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