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Pedro Camacho

New York Congressional Map Unfair to Black, Latino Voters, New Lawsuit Claims

People vote in the mayoral primary election at the Park Slope Armory YMCA on June 24, 2025 in the Brooklyn borough of New York City (Credit: Photo by Spencer Platt/Getty Images)

A lawsuit filed Monday in New York State Supreme Court alleges that the state's current congressional map unlawfully weakens the voting power of Black and Latino residents in the 11th Congressional District, which includes Staten Island and parts of southern Brooklyn.

The filing claims the boundaries "confine Staten Island's growing Black and Latino communities in a district where they are routinely and systematically unable to influence elections," in violation of the state constitution.

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