On December 12, the highest state court in New York, the Court of Appeals, issued an opinion in In the Matter of Hoffmann v New York State Independent Redistricting Commission, no. 90. Here is the decision. The majority opinion is 33 pages and the dissent is 27 pages. The vote was 4-3.
The decision says that when a special master drew new districts in 2022, that was just a temporary remedy that should only apply to the 2022 election. The majority therefore concludes that the Independent Redistricting Commission should again draw new districts, for use in 2024 through 2030. The IRC has until February 28, 2024, to draw new districts.
New York’s constitution bans partisan gerrymandering, but the state’s procedures are not well-suited to accomplish that goal. The “Independent Redistricting Commission” is not composed of neutral, apolitical citizens, as is the case in some other states. Instead it must have an exact partisan balance between Democrats and Republicans, and if it deadlocks (which is easy to do), then the legislature plays a dominant role in drawing the districts. In 2022 the IRC failed, and one wonders if it will be able to succeed when it tries again.
SHAM/FRAUD G COMMS —
G MATH –
1/2 X 1/2 = 1/4
SUPER-WORSE MINORITY RULE EXTREMIST PRIMARY MATH >>> TYRANT GUVS
ANY NON-COMMIES LEFT IN NEW ENGLAND / NY — NOT LOST IN REMAINING FORESTS ???
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https://www.yahoo.com/news/n-y-court-appeals-sides-202900601.html
MAP OF NY CITY G DISTS–
HOW MANY COMMIE SUB-GANGS WANT SEATS ???
I’m sure there are many “neutral, apolitical citizens” in most states. But how many of them would want to get involved in determining the state’s Congressional district map? That seems like something that only politically minded people would be interested in.
Maybe if the city was broken up into a whole bunch of separate cities along natural existing neighborhood division lines, most of the people of each of those smaller cities would be happier? Each of those cities could then be one district, and problem solved.