House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) speaks during a press conferece on Capitol Hill in Washington on Feb. 9, 2026. Madalina Kilroy/The Epoch Times
House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) on Monday publicly called on New York state to redraw its congressional map, dispatching Rep. Joe Morelle (D-N.Y.) to the state capital of Albany on May 5 for meetings with Gov. Kathy Hochul, a fellow Democrat, and the state’s top legislative leaders.
The initiative, which Jeffries labeled the New York Democracy Project, is the latest escalation in the nationwide redistricting fight spurred by Texas’s new map last year. It is the first official push by House Democrats to recruit New York to join California and Virginia in the mid-decade redistricting, as Republican-led states have also moved to redraw their own maps before the 2026 midterms.