new york redistricting

In a 3-2 split decision, a mid-level appellate court is ordering New York’s redistricting commission to restart the process of drawing the state’s congressional district lines.

The new 24th district, which includes most of Oswego County and stretches west through the Finger Lakes and into Niagara County in western New York.

Judge Patrick McAllister wrote in his decision that he believes the Assembly lines are unconstitutional, but the attempts to intervene in the lawsuit came too late.

The petition argues New York state legislative and executive leaders, all Democrats, improperly passed the maps in violation of the procedures instituted by a constitutional amendment in 2014.