Hochul hosts Texas lawmakers in Albany, proposes New York redistrict again to counter GOP plans to gain seats

ALBANY — Gov. Kathleen C. Hochul is opening the door for New York to redraw its congressional district lines, for a third time since 2022, in a Democrat-backed bid to counter plans to add Republican seats in GOP-controlled states.

In Texas, GOP lawmakers are forging ahead with a rarely done mid-decade redistricting process, done at the behest of the Trump administration. The map being put up for a vote in Texas would eliminate up to five Democratically held districts, redrawing the map to split up primarily Democratic voting precincts into new, largely Republican districts.