New York Loses House Seat After Coming Up 89 People Short on Census
Source: nytimes.
New population figures released on Monday confirmed that after the latest census, New York would lose a congressional seat, but only by the narrowest of margins.
By Shane Goldmacher April 26, 2021, 3:56 p.m. ET
New York will lose one House seat starting with the 2022 election, the Census Bureau announced on Monday, a reduction that further diminishes the power and size of a congressional delegation that was once the nation’s largest.
The state nearly escaped that fate. A Census official overseeing apportionment, Kristin Koslap, said that if New York had counted just 89 more people, it would have held onto the seat.
The 2020 census marked the first time the state did not lose at least two seats in eight decades, even as New York has continued to suffer a steady erosion of its influence in Congress — a trend that began in the 1940s, when it boasted 45 members of the House. Now it will have only 26.
Yet even as New York’s overall footprint in Congress shrinks, Democratic leaders nationally believe redistricting in the state could potentially offset the Republican gains expected from partisan remapping efforts elsewhere in the country. The Republican Party has full power to draw favorable district lines in several large states, including Florida, Georgia and Texas..............................
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I am sure I am not the only one wondering how accurate this census was--given the pandemic--and Trump interference.
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Even with the loss, New York will retain one of the most powerful delegations in Congress, one that includes Chuck Schumer, the Senate majority leader, and Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, a prominent progressive congresswoman.Credit...Brendan Mcdermid/Reuters
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Punish them.
