New York state Democrats advance a gerrymandered Congressional map which may give the party as many as three new seats in the House in November.
Republicans condemned the maps and slammed Democrats for rushing the plan through the legislature without a single public hearing. The party has suggested they might challenge the map's legality.
Rep. Nicole Malliotakis, a Republican, will see her 11th district become significantly more liberal, after her conservative district in and around Staten Island was paired with the more liberal Park Slope area. Rep. Jerry Nadler's 10th district extends more than 15 miles from Manhattan's Upper West Side through parts of Brooklyn and down to Borough Park and Bensonhurst. Some on Twitter have criticized this district as"jerrymandering." The new political lines mirror Nadler's current district — which extends from Manhattan into Borough Park — but the new map adds the meandering path through Brooklyn, seemingly to accommodate the new 11th district.
Democrats in Congress spent much of last year fighting for federal voting legislation that would have made attempts to partisan gerrymandering illegal. Republicans blocked the legislation in the Senate, with many of them characterizing the legislation as an overreach designed to benefit Democrats.
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