{"id":1567,"date":"2024-02-29T00:05:24","date_gmt":"2024-02-29T00:05:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/new-congressional-map-adopted-in-n-y-a-state-central-to-deciding-control-of-house\/"},"modified":"2024-02-29T00:05:24","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T00:05:24","slug":"new-congressional-map-adopted-in-n-y-a-state-central-to-deciding-control-of-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/businesstriumphs.com\/index.php\/2024\/02\/29\/new-congressional-map-adopted-in-n-y-a-state-central-to-deciding-control-of-house\/","title":{"rendered":"New congressional map adopted in N.Y, a state central to deciding control of House"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\">Lawmakers in the Democratic-led New York legislature approved a new congressional map Wednesday with slight adjustments made to the boundaries of a few districts after earlier this week rejecting a map drawn by an independent commission.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\">Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced on social media later Wednesday that she had signed the new map into law.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\">The new map comes ahead of the June primaries in a state that is expected to play a crucial role in determining which party will win control of the House. In 2022, the GOP flipped enough seats to wrest control of the chamber back from Democrats.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\">The New York Republican Party said Wednesday evening that it would not contest the new map in court.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\">\u201cOur victory in the Harkenrider case led to fair lines,\u201d Ed Cox, the state\u2019s GOP chairman, said in a statement. \u201cDespite Democrats\u2019 ongoing corruption of the process, these lines are not materially different from those drawn by the special master. As such, there is no need for further litigation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\">House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) hailed the new map as \u201cbipartisan\u201d and said in a statement that it \u201creunites several communities of interest, reduces the number of counties, towns and villages that are split and promotes compact congressional districts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\">One notable change on the new map is moving the boundary of the 16th Congressional District, represented by Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D), further south to include the heavily Democratic area of Co-Op City in the Bronx. Bowman is a member of the group of liberal lawmakers known as \u201cthe Squad\u201d and is facing a primary challenge from Westchester County Executive George Latimer.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\">Another change comes to the 3rd Congressional District, a seat that Democrat Tom Suozzi won two weeks ago in a special election to replace George Santos, who was expelled late last year. Under the new map, the district will extend further east to include a portion of Suffolk County. And Upstate New York\u2019s 22nd Congressional District, which Rep. Brandon Williams (R) narrowly won in 2022, will see its boundaries extend southwest.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wpds-c-cYdRxM wpds-c-cYdRxM-iPJLV-css overrideStyles font-copy\">Colby Itkowitz and Patrick Svitek contributed to this report.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<div>This post appeared first on The Washington Post<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lawmakers in the Democratic-led New York legislature approved a new congressional map Wednesday with slight adjustments made to the boundaries of a few districts after earlier this week rejecting a map drawn by an independent commission. Gov. Kathy Hochul (D) announced on social media later Wednesday that she had signed the new map into law. 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