MATTER OF HOFFMANN v. NEW YORK STATE IND. REDISTRICTING COMMN.

No. 90.

2023 NY Slip Op 06344

IN THE MATTER OF ANTHONY S. HOFFMANN, ET AL., Respondents, v. NEW YORK STATE INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSION, ET AL., Respondents, INDEPENDENT REDISTRICTING COMMISSIONER ROSS BRADY, ET AL., Appellants, TIM HARKENRIDER, ET AL., Appellants.

Court of Appeals of New York.

Decided December 12, 2023.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Misha Tseytlin , for Harkenrider appellants.

Timothy F. Hill , for Brady appellants.

Aria C. Branch , for Hoffman respondents.

Jessica Ring Amunson , for Jenkins respondents.

Andrea W. Trento , for amici curiae Kathy Hochul et al.

Lawyers Democracy Fund, League of Women Voters of New York State, Mark Favors et al., amici curiae.

Opinion by Chief Judge Wilson. Judges Rivera, Troutman and Renwick concur. Judge Cannataro dissents in an opinion, in which Judges Garcia and Singas concur. Judge Halligan took no part.


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