New York’s new, long-awaited congressional map may end up looking a lot like the current map — unless Democratic state lawmakers decide to push their luck.
The state Independent Redistricting Commission reached a consensus Thursday on a plan to make only modest changes to New York’s 26 congressional districts, largely leaving New York City and Long Island districts alone while giving Democrats a boost in a key swing district in the Syracuse area.
The redistricting panel’s Democrat- and Republican-aligned members voted 9-1 on the proposal in a rare moment of bipartisanship in Albany that contrasted sharply with the panel's deadlock two years ago. But whether the map is put in place now depends entirely on the Democrat-dominated state Legislature.
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