U.S. Rep. Mondaire Jones, who currently represents New York’s 17th congressional district, said he'd run in the 10th Congressional District instead in a crowded field against competitors including former New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio.
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Republican leaders praised the final maps Saturday, and said Democrats' efforts to gerrymander maps will hurt them in November elections. New York’s redistricting process was originally expected to be conducted by an independent commission as part of a process approved by voters in 2014. But the commission couldn’t agree on a set of maps and the Democratically-controlled Legislature took up the task instead, creating maps that were signed by Democratic Gov. Kathy Hochul.
Judge Patrick McAllister faced a Friday deadline to formally approve new maps he released earlier this week. New Yorkers sent more than 3,000 comments to the court imploring McAllister and his out-of-state expert to make changes, particularly in communities of color.
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