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Proposed NY redistricting plan holds nothing new for District 21 map
PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. (WCAX) – Could the third time be a charm when it comes to redistricting in New York?
New York’s bipartisan redistricting commission last week approved a new congressional map that makes modest changes to three competitive districts but does not substantially alter the rest of the state’s lines.
When it comes to the North Country, SUNY Plattsburgh political science professor Harvey Schantz says the new map does not change Rep. Elise Stefanik’s District 21. “For our neck of the woods, there is no change in the district. The district has not changed in terms of our local counties — Clinton, Essex, and Franklin — and it has not changed in the political leaning of the district, which in 2020 was a Trump district,” he said.
The map proposal now moves to the Democrat-dominated Legislature, which can approve the plan or reject it and draw its own lines.
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