Wilford Simmons looks over his ballot choices on Election Day, Tuesday, Nov. 2, 2021 at St. Lucy's Food Bank in Syracuse. New York will likely hold two primary elections in 2022, using new state and federal legislative districts. N. Scott Trimble | strimble@syracuse.com
A decision by New York’s top court to reject new legislative districts for Congress has turned the race in Central New York upside down, adding new uncertainty to a primary election that had been only two months away.
The New York Court of Appeals ruled in a 4-3 decision on Wednesday that maps drawn by the Democratic-controlled state Legislature violated the state’s constitutional ban on partisan gerrymandering.
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