Republicans appeal ruling that scrapped New York City’s sole GOP House district
Republicans have appealed a New York judge’s decision that struck down the city’s last remaining GOP-held congressional district, ruling that the 11th Congressional District diluted Black and Hispanic voting power and ordering the bipartisan Autonomous Redistricting Commission to redraw the map by Feb. 6. Incumbent Rep. Nicole Malliotakis called the ruling an attempt to disenfranchise voters who elected a Republican despite a Democratic registration advantage.The appeal was filed with both an intermediate appeals court and the New York Court of Appeals, with GOP critics calling the decision partisan. The challenge to the district was brought by an election firm aligned with Democrats and comes amid a national redistricting battle sparked in part by new Republican-drawn maps in Texas; New York currently sends 19 Democrats and seven Republicans to Congress.
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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