A court in Manhattan ruled that the state's newly drawn Assembly districts are unconstitutional — but they can stay for now, because primaries for Assembly seats are just 18 days away.
mid-level appeals court in Manhattan ruled
The judges kicked the matter back to Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Laurence Love, who will be tasked with laying out a plan to redraw the districts for future elections. The hope for the commission was to ensure more independent redistricting. But when the panel deadlocked after the state Legislature rejected its first set of proposals, it set off a chain of events that have ended up bifurcating the primaries and potentially affecting the balance of power in the U.S. House of Representatives.
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