“Do I think it was accurate to within 89? No.” Cuomo told reporters at a Tuesday press conference. “And we’re looking at legal options. Because when you’re talking about 89. That could be a minor mistake in counting.”
The Democrat said he’d asked the state’s attorney general to review whether there were legal grounds for a lawsuit.
States have gone to court to challenge census counts in past decades. But none of those lawsuits have led to an adjustment of how many congressional representatives is entitled to, a process called apportionment.
“So it’d be a first if New York were to succeed,” said Janna Johnson, an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Humphrey School of Public Affairs and a member of a U.S. Census Bureau advisory committee.
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Gov. Andrew Cuomo speaks Monday in Geddes to announce that the New York State Fair will take place with reduction in attendance.
(Provided photo â Darren McGee, governor s office) ALBANY There’s no easy path for New York to win a legal fight with the U.S. Census Bureau over its narrow loss of a Congressional seat, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this week he’s looking at “legal options” nevertheless. New York’s governor didn’t spell out what legal actions he is considering, but said he thinks New York’s loss of a seat could be chalked up to a “minor” counting mistake in the 2020 census.
Cuomo mulls suing over census, but fight could be tricky
by Marina Villeneuve, The Associated Press
Posted Apr 29, 2021 2:45 pm EDT
Last Updated Apr 29, 2021 at 2:58 pm EDT
ALBANY, N.Y. There’s no easy path for New York to win a legal fight with the U.S. Census Bureau over its narrow loss of a Congressional seat, but Gov. Andrew Cuomo said this week he’s looking at “legal options” nevertheless.
New York’s governor didn’t spell out what legal actions he is considering, but said he thinks New York’s loss of a seat could be chalked up to a “minor” counting mistake in the 2020 census.
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