“The legislature can start redesigning the charter right now, if it chooses to do so,” wrote Rochester Court of Appeals Judge Stephen Lindley. “Or the legislature may choose to do nothing and risk the possibility of living with the charter drawn up by the judge [Patrick] The neutral McAllister expert in case the respondents lose before the Court of Appeal and do not have enough time to propose an alternative charter that can withstand the constitutional review after the exhaustion of the legal means. Last month, McAllister gave the state’s top Democrats Monday a deadline to come up with new, bipartisan maps to replace those he said were outlawed to hurt Republicans or risked doing so by a court-appointed expert. and not end in time for the congressional by-elections. elections – even if postponed to August 23. Lindley’s three-page decision accepted requests from defendants, including Governor Kathy Hochul, Senate Majority Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins (D-Yonkers) and Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie (D-The Bronx), to remain in office until April 20, when a panel of Rochester Court of Appeals judges will hear oral arguments. The New York State legislature proposed the congressional district map after the Empire State lost one district after the 2020 census. Courtesy of Princeton Gerrymander Prior to Friday’s decision, Lindley issued a temporary stay Monday that allowed the campaign and petitions ahead of the June 28 qualifying round to resume according to schedule. Nominations for Congress and the state legislature were due on Thursday. But if McAllister’s decision is upheld by the Supreme Court, he could postpone the state qualifying date to June 28. New York State Republicans have accused Democrats of trying to oust MP Nicole Malliotaki’s Long Island district. Ron Adar / SOPA Images / Sipa USA New York maps – proposed in January – give Democrats a majority of registered voters in 22 of the state’s 26 congressional constituencies in 2023. Republicans, who now hold eight of New York’s 27 seats. in Congress, they will only have a party registration advantage in just four constituencies. New York lost one of the 27 seats in Parliament due to population losses documented by the 2020 Census. The new map of the US Parliament eliminates the current GOP constituency, Claudia Tenney of Binghamton for population loss, creating a new 22nd District that essentially splits between the seats held by retired GOP MP John Katko of Auburn and Democrat Antonio Delgado of Kingston. Judge Patrick McAllister asked Democrats to draw a map of Congressional district. Vaughn Golden / WSKG through AP, Pool In addition, Democrats renewed the seat held by Republican MP Nicole Malliotaki (R-Staten Island), adding more liberal neighborhoods in Brooklyn such as Park Slope and Sunset Park to face the more conservative Staten Island in the 11th District. The move gives former Democratic MP Max Rose, who has held the House of Representatives for two years, an advantage in his campaign to overthrow Malliotakis. Under the new threshold, longtime congressman Jerry Nadler’s 10th Congressional District absorbed conservative neighborhoods in southern Brooklyn – including Dicker Heights and Bath Beach – formerly part of the Mallito area. The new frontier has prompted former mayor Bill de Blasio, who owns two houses in Park Slope, to consider launching a congressional bid against Malliotakis before announcing he chose not to. New York lost one of the 27 seats in Parliament due to population losses documented by the 2020 Census.AP Photo / Seth Wenig, Archive With Post cables
