Republicans appeal ruling that scrapped New York City’s sole GOP House district
Republicans appealed a New York judge’s ruling that invalidated the state’s 11th Congressional District — the last GOP-held seat in New York City — after Judge Jeffrey Pearlman found the map diluted Black and Hispanic voting power and ordered the Independent redistricting Commission too redraw it by Feb. 6. Incumbent Rep. Nicole Malliotakis criticized the decision as disenfranchising voters who chose a Republican despite a Democratic registration advantage, and Republicans called the ruling partisan. The appeal was filed with both an intermediate appeals court and New York’s court of Appeals. The challenge was brought by an election firm aligned with Democrats and comes amid a broader national redistricting battle, with New York currently holding 19 Democratic and seven Republican House seats.
Republicans appeal ruling that scrapped New York City’s sole GOP House district
Republicans appealed a ruling that scrapped the last remaining New York City congressional district held by a Republican.
Just days before, New York Judge Jeffrey Pearlman ruled that New York’s 11th Congressional District diluted the voting power of blacks and Hispanics. He demanded that the bipartisan Independent Redistricting Commission redraw the map and submit a new one by Feb. 6. Republicans portrayed the move as partisan and urged an appeal.
Among those objecting to the judge’s decision was the district’s incumbent congresswoman, Rep. Nicole Malliotakis (R-NY). She argued that the ruling was an attempt to disenfranchise voters who had chosen a Republican despite the Democrats having the advantage.
“Despite having a Democratic registration advantage, voters chose a Republican, and that choice should stand,” she said in an interview with WABC Radio.
Republicans appealed the ruling to both an appeals court and the highest court in New York, the Court of Appeals.
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The case to redraw Malliotakis’s district was filed by an election firm aligned with the Democratic Party. It comes as part of a national redistricting arms race, triggered by Texas Republicans introducing a new map giving Republicans five more seats in the state.
New York currently has 19 Democratic and seven Republican congressional seats.
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