New York has different rules. First, the state constitution prohibits a mid-decade redistricting. In Article III of the state constitution, Article III, Section 4 says that “a reapportionment plan and the districts contained in such plan shall be in force until the effective date of a plan based upon the subsequent federal decennial census taken in a year ending in zero unless modified pursuant to court order.” Further, the state Court of Appeals invalidated the 2022 remapping of the state’s congressional districts by the legislature because the map was determined to be a partisan gerrymander, in violation of other state constitutional requirements.
Technically, only the state senate map can be redrawn before 2030 if a court (in a new lawsuit) directs the state Independent Redistricting Commission goes back to work to finish the mapping it didn’t complete in 2022 and that map is approved by the state legislature and governor.
Unlike in Texas, where the state legislature can redraw a map without constraints or in California, where the state constitutional amendment process involves approval by the legislature followed by approval by the voters, the New York process can take over a year or more. New York’s constitution requires that any amendments be approved by two consecutively elected legislatures followed by a vote of the electorate. For example, an amendment passed by the Senate and Assembly in 2025 would have to pass in the same exact form by the new legislature elected in 2027 and then go to the voters for approval. An amendment introduced this year to change the redistricting process could not go into effect until late 2027, one year past the 2026 elections.
https://www.citylandnyc.org/ny-elections-census-and-redistricting-update-07-21-25/
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