Next year, New York state will have a new legislative map — and a new way of drawing it. Using the results of the 2020 Census, lines will be redrawn for seats in Albany and Washington — with New York losing one U.S. House member. The Independent Redistricting Commission is holding a series of public meetings to take comment on the process. Richard Rifkin, the legal director for the government law center at Albany Law School, has just published a redistricting explainer.
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