WELL: Court Rules That New York’s Rabidly Partisan Redistricting Map Was Improperly Gerrymandered. “The 2012 map created 19 Democratic districts and eight Republican seats. The current map will have one less seat due to New York’s loss of population. But this new map would have cost Republicans five seats. Does this mean that in a state with 27 congressional districts only three Republicans will be allowed to serve?”