“Court’s Map Could Push New York Legislature to Act”

Roll Call:“A federal judge unexpectedly tightened the redistricting vice on the deadlocked New York state Legislature this week, pushing the body to come up with a compromise or cede the redraw to an apolitical observer. The release of a court-drawn draft map by U.S. Magistrate Judge Roanne Mann late Monday surprised the Albany political establishment — she wasn’t expected to release a map until next week — and added immense pressure to the Democratic-held Assembly and Republican-held state Senate to draw new Congressional lines.”

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