Redrawing the Congressional Lines in NY

Good morning from Wellington, New Zealand where Team USA and the Netherlands played to a 1-1 draw last week in the 2023 Women’s World Cup. The Americans currently sit at 1-0-1 and have their final match of the Group Stage at 3 a.m. on Tuesday morning against Portugal. Let’s go USWNT!

Back in New York, Republicans filed a notice of appeal seeking to overturn an Appellate Court’s decision ordering the State’s Congressional lines be redrawn prior to next year’s election. The decision was a major win for Democrats and their hopes to win a majority in the House of Representatives. Now, Republicans are hoping the Court of Appeals, the State’s highest court, will reverse course and allow the current maps to remain in place. The Court of Appeals is on recess until September 12th while the State Constitution requires election map making to be completed by September 15th, giving credence to one of the Republicans’ main arguments that there is simply not enough time to draw and enact new maps before the deadline.

Despite the uncertainty surrounding Congressional maps, there remains a great deal of interest!