New York redistricting panel approves new congressional map with modest changes

ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) — New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission approved a new congressional map Thursday that makes modest changes to three competitive districts but does not substantially alter the rest of the state’s lines.

The map proposal now moves to the Democrat-dominated Legislature, which can approve the plan or reject it and draw its own lines. It’s unclear exactly when lawmakers would meet to vote on the commission’s map.

New York’s congressional redistricting process has been closely watched this year because suburban races in the state could have an outsize influence on which party controls the House after the November elections.

The panel’s new map plan would likely help Democrats in two seats and the GOP in one, but it leaves most of the current congressional districts largely in place. The move could help head off the kind of legal challenges that upended Democrats’ attempts to dramatically redraw the districts for the 2022 but is also unlikely to deliver huge gains to the party.

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