Opinion: Redistricting bolsters Dem power; expect big money to follow

Last week, the Democrats who control the New York State Assembly and Senate released their legislative lines for the next decade, completing a fraught and secretive redistricting process.

The outcome was not surprising but still notable enough to make national news: The Democrats had engineered new districts to potentially boost their House delegation in New York by at least three members. In Brooklyn and Staten Island, Trump Republican Nicole Malliotakis saw her district tugged into Sunset Park, Park Slope, and Gowanus, adding thousands of liberal voters who will want to toss her out this fall. On Long Island, Lee Zeldin’s swing district was drawn into Nassau County, adding

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