Fight for Congress Control Goes Through NY Court: New York Brief

Battle for Congress Goes Through NY Court

Is Soho too cool to share a seat with Staten Island? Does anyone commute by car between boroughs?

These are among the questions flying through a Manhattan courtroom at a trial, expected to wrap up this week, challenging the boundaries of New York City’s only GOP-held congressional seat. The proceedings are boiling down to a battle of experts and their New York bonafides.

“I want us all to level set,” New York Supreme Court Judge Jeffrey Pearlman said, after a Republican-retained elections expert from Ohio testified. “You aren’t from here.”

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