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New York redistricting back in court in November
Joshua Solomon reports in the Times Union that the state Court of Appeals will hear arguments on whether New York's congressional boundaries should be redrawn on Nov. 15. Redistricting is supposed to take place every ten years, so it should have been complete by the 2022 elections. But lawsuits in New York continue to drag the process out. About 17 months ago the Court of Appeals struck the Democrat-drawn political boundaries for the state Senate and Congress that had been established by the Democrat-controlled Senate, ordering a new map. Repeatedly courts have ruled that the map boundaries were intentionally gerrymandered for political gain. That led a judge to pick an outside expert to draw the maps, which were used in the 2022 elections. Republicans did well in those votes, winning House seats in the Hudson Valley that helped flipped control of the House. So Democrats sued, and, again, candidates and citizens can't be sure of the end result. Read more about this story in the Times Union.