NY Redistricting Creates Turmoil, Dilutes Black Vote, and Favors Republicans; Diane Ravitch

In New York State, a court determined that the state’s congressional districts were gerrymandered in favor of Democrats. Taken together, the proposed changes have broad national implications, effectively handing Republicans the upper hand in a national fight for control of the House, and rattling the top echelons of House Democratic leadership…The court drew new districts that dilutes the black vote and negatively affects Congressman Jamaal Bowman, one of the state’s most progressive members of Congress.mean the loss of a Black member of Congress. The redistricting is weighted towards helping Republican candidates."