New York Democrats in the state’s Senate rejected a bipartisan congressional map on Monday, setting up the opportunity to redraw House districts that could give Democrats control of Congress.
On the New York Senate floor, Democrats criticized the maps for splitting counties. The party will now have the opportunity to draw their own lines, but Republicans are already threatening a legal challenge to challenge the new maps, according to the Associated Press.
“Since the creation of the IRC, Democrats have continually circumvented the will of New Yorkers and attempted to rig the system to benefit themselves. When their last gerrymander was struck down, they stacked the Court of Appeals in an attempt to get a different result,” state Senate Republican leader Rob Ortt said in
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