NEW: A Steuben County Supreme Court judge declared NY’s congressional and state Senate primary would be pushed to August 23rd, following a Court of Appeals decision that ruled the new district maps drawn by Democrats had been designed with partisan intent.
Acting Supreme Court Justice Patrick McAllister of Steuben County presides over a hearing on the GOP's redistricting lawsuit.Acting Supreme Court Justice Patrick McAllister of Steuben County presides over a hearing on the GOP's redistricting lawsuit.
Their plan backfired. Republicans accused Democrats of gerrymandering and sued to have the maps invalidated in court. Democratic leaders insisted that the prior maps drawn by the GOP were in fact gerrymandered and they were merely seeking to redress those partisan lines.
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