US EditionNew York voters file lawsuit to scrap House map over GOP seat
- On Monday, Elias Law Group filed a suit in State Supreme Court in Manhattan on behalf of four New Yorkers, alleging the Staten Island and southern Brooklyn district dilutes Black and Latino votes and demanding it be redrawn.
- The complaint states `The racial demographics of Staten Island have changed significantly over the last several decades` and plaintiffs argue the map fails to reflect those shifts, violating New York's new Voting Rights Act by confining minority voters and urging inclusion of parts of lower Manhattan.
- Democrats see the case as a way to regain ground ahead of next year's midterm elections after Republicans captured four House seats in 2022, while only three of the 26 districts were meaningfully changed and Democrats won all three.
- State Republican leaders slammed the suit as `a naked attempt to disenfranchise voters`, NYGOP Chair Ed Cox echoed this view, while the state's election board declined to comment.
- The suit joins national redistricting fights, as New York's independent redistricting commission deadlocked before 2022, leading to maps drawn by a judge-appointed special master, while Governor Kathy Hochul has pledged to fight fire with fire.
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New Yorkers sue to redraw congressional map, putting GOP seat in jeopardy
A group of New York voters filed a lawsuit on Monday in an effort to challenge the boundaries of the state’s 11th Congressional District. They claim the district, which covers Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn, unconstitutionally disenfranchises Black and Latino voters. Lawsuit: Current congressional map unconstitutional The lawsuit argues that the current lines for the district don’t account for demographic changes or “modern communi…
Lawsuit over Staten Island district could thrust New York into redistricting fight
The suit claims that Black and Latino voters in Staten Island are unfairly marginalized by the current map and are pushing for it to be redrawn to include parts of Lower Manhattan.
Democrats target congressional seat held by NY GOP Rep. Malliotakis with lawsuit
Democrats are targeting a Republican-held congressional seat with a new lawsuit arguing the district's boundaries "unconstitutionally" weaken the political influence of Black and Latino voters.
New York Democrats target GOP House seat in redistricting lawsuit
New York residents on Monday filed a lawsuit seeking to toss out the state’s newly redrawn political maps due to allegations that the redistricting plan discriminates against minority voters. Last year, state Democrats led redistricting efforts that culminated in the approval of new maps that were designed to target then-GOP Rep. Brandon Williams’s seat and give Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-NY) a boost. After Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) gave a final green l…
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