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[New York's redistricting] was taken over this spring by a rural judge about five hours from New York City after a court sided with Republicans and ruled Democrats controlling the Legislature had engaged in illegal gerrymandering. The new maps would sweep the districts of four Black members of Congress into one new district.
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The redistricting process was once expected to be conducted by a bipartisan commission, which couldn’t ultimately agree on maps. It later moved to the Democratic-controlled Legislature, which came up with maps that were struck down by a court last month.
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The judge hired a redistricting expert based in Pittsburgh to quickly come up with new maps. After new proposed districts were unveiled Monday, New Yorkers sent more than 2,000 letters to the court imploring the judge to make changes before the maps are finalized Friday. The speedy schedule is an attempt to give candidates enough time to campaign in the new districts for an already-postponed primary election in August.