Hey, can you hear me?

I called up Cook Political Reports, Dave Wasserman, because I needed a guide, someone who could explain to me what just happened to New York State's congressional delegation.

Dave, how would you describe New York's redistricting process this year?

Chaotic.

For the past few weeks, New York's Democrats, people who represent me,

have been getting increasingly anxious as they await finalized congressional maps.

These maps were supposed to be settled on months ago. getting increasingly anxious as they await finalized congressional maps.

These maps were supposed to be settled on months ago,

but an independent commission couldn't agree on them.

The Democratic State Legislature drew their own maps, but those got challenged in court.

Finally, a judge threw all these maps out and had an independent special master, start from scratch.

What he came up with, it has not made the Democrats very happy.

When my congressman got really upset about the back and forth over these congressional maps, he made these digital ads where it was kind of interesting. He said they have drawn congressional maps that are unfair. But don't the Democrats control just about

every lever of power in the state of New York? Well, except as it turns out, the Court of Appeals, which is the top

court in the state. They were hoping to offset what Republicans were doing in Texas and Ohio and

Florida and elsewhere by passing a maximally aggressive map that would have given them

22 out of 26 seats in the state. Now, you know, is that a fair reflection of New York's

politics? No, it's,

it is an inflation of Democrats' advantage in the state. But Democrats would argue, you know,

hey, even though we're manipulating the boundaries, we're offsetting what Republicans are doing

elsewhere. And it's our duty to fight fire with fire. And the GOP did it first.

Right, although, look, you can play this chicken and egg game back decades.

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