It’s been more than a week since New York’s highest court ordered the state to draw new congressional districts ahead of next year’s elections.
The new boundaries could play a key role in whether Republicans keep control of the House of Representatives.
Republicans say they are gearing up for a fight if Democrats attempt to gerrymander the districts.
According to former Long Island congressman and former candidate for governor Lee Zeldin, no one wanted “hyper partisan gerrymandered lines” when he was in the senate.
“Voters, as you remember, just went back to the polls a couple years ago to change that constitutional amendment, and voters across all political ideologies of New York, again with the big majority, said, ‘No, we don’t want to change the amendment. We don’t want a hyper partisan gerrymander anymore in New York,’” he told NY1 political anchor Errol Louis on “Inside City Hall” Friday.
Zeldin said during the Nov. 15 court hearing, there was no argument made about the merits of the current lines.
“There’s going to be a whole lot of chaos and confusion here over the coming months,” he said. “It’s going to take a while, and that’s a concern.”