New York Daily News Coverage

Editorials and reporting from the New York Daily News editorial board and its reporters on New York's redistricting and the court-drawn maps.

Editorials

March 9, 2026 — A Supreme Court win for a fair map: The Staten Island congressional district stays in place
May 17, 2022 — What democracy looks like: New lines for Congress and state Senate are far superior
April 20, 2022 — Draw a line, judges: A five-jurist appellate panel must strike down hyperpartisan maps
May 19, 2022 — Power to the voters: Newly drawn districts are a boon to New Yorkers
May 22, 2022 — Mapping a fair election: The new congressional and state Senate districts enhance democracy
May 23, 2022 — Love the Constitution, not politics: Justice Larry Love must void the Assembly maps pronto
June 8, 2022 — Draw new lines now: The courts must finish the job and order redrawn state Assembly maps
June 15, 2022 — N.Y.’s unconstitutional Assembly: Albany’s brazen ploy against the voters and the law
September 16, 2022 — Drawing the Assembly lines: It’s a job for the courts, not a disbanded ‘independent’ commission
November 11, 2022 — Tripping on the lines: New York’s overreaching Democratic redistricters have only themselves to blame for Tuesday’s results
November 15, 2023 — Leave the maps alone: The N.Y. Court of Appeals should be hands off on redistricting
February 16, 2024 — Leave the maps alone: N.Y. congressional districts should stay about the same
February 29, 2024 — Redistricting’s final chapter: The Dems fought a damaging and costly fight for nothing
October 1, 2024 — The fairest in the land: New York has the most competitive House districts in America
November 11, 2024 — Fair lines, fair elections: Flipped results with repeat candidates makes the case
August 4, 2025 — N.Y. must skip the Texas two-step: Don’t fool with mid-decade redistricting
January 23, 2026 — No redistricting for Staten Island: Leave the current lines in place
February 23, 2026 — Don’t mess with N.Y.’s elections: U.S. Supreme Court has to end congressional redistricting

Other Coverage

May 17, 2022 — New York’s redrawn congressional maps spark interest among state lawmakers
April 28, 2022 — New York GOP politicians cheer court for tossing Democratic-friendly redistricting map
April 28, 2022 — The Court of Appeals tossed New York’s congressional maps and threw the primary season into turmoil. What’s next?
April 29, 2022 — New lawsuit to call on courts to also toss New York’s Democratic-drawn Assembly districts
April 29, 2022 — N.Y. state senate and congressional primaries move to August 23
May 2, 2022 — Judge to review additional legal challenge against New York’s Dem-drawn Assembly maps
May 6, 2022 — N.Y. voters, lawyers make final arguments as ‘special master’ set to redraw state election maps
May 11, 2022 — New York Assembly map upheld for 2022 elections, faring better than congressional map
May 16, 2022 — Map mayhem for New York Democrats as new congressional and state Senate boundaries revealed
May 17, 2022 — New York should be angry about these new congressional maps
May 17, 2022 — New York’s redrawn congressional maps spark interest among state lawmakers
May 18, 2022 — Former NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio poised to run for Congress, announces exploratory committee
May 21, 2022 — New York congressional and state Senate maps finalized by upstate court
May 21, 2022 — Redrawn congressional lines dividing Democrats, ‘earthquake’ for New York politics