“Children are starving,” Hochul emoted to Rachel Maddow on Monday; that’s why she’ll “fight fire with fire” by redrawing New York’s House districts to counteract Texas’ redistricting plan — which she calls a “declaration of war on the American people.” Even after Dems packed the state’s top court, the justices will find it hard to swallow Hochul ordering up a new map just because she’s changed her mind about the one she signed into law a year ago. So she’d need to get the state Constitution amended first — and that’s at least a two-year process that she’d have to start by calling a special session since the Legislature finished for the year months ago.
Author: Post Editorial Board
Published at: 2025-08-05 21:09:18
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