ALBANY – NYGOP Chair Ed Cox released the following statement:

“The Congressional District lines proposed by the IRC represent minor changes to the existing lines imposed by the Harkenrider Court.  The current congressional districts are the most competitive districts in the nation and resulted because New York Republicans brought action against the illegal gerrymander attempted in 2022 by Democrats in Albany and Washington.

“The State Legislature should adopt these district lines without change.  The voting public deserves to have continuity in district boundaries and to avoid chaos. Unfortunately, this entire process was made necessary by the ill-advised decision in the Hoffman case by the politicized Court of Appeals.”

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