NY Legislature rejects new Congressional maps from independent commission, expected to draw its own lines

Democratic state legislators on Monday voted down newly drawn Congressional maps released by the state’s Independent Redistricting Commission (IRC) earlier this month and will instead draw their own lines they are expected to approve.

The maps were rejected by a 17 to 40 vote in the state Senate, and by a 47 to 99 vote in the Assembly, on Feb. 26.