[Steven Scharf]

Interesting that the article does not note that NYC was one of the few that have gained.

New York City 8,143,197 1.7%

This page has all of the info. http://www.census.gov/popest/estimates.php

You may need to down load all three sections for your state.

“If I remember correctly, NY lost two House seats after the last census. Under a deal struck with Joseph Bruno - the Republican Majority Leader of the state senate - one Democrat lost his seat as did one Republican. What sort of deal will be struck after the 2010 census is unknown, but Bruno is a shrewd man and he'll extract every concession available.”
The deal part is incorrect. Congressional districts are set by population. No deal could have been made to keep such a balance.

Since NYC is the one growth area, they will gain in the 2010 redistribution of districts in the rebalancing of the NYS delegation. I suspect that NYS will continue to lose congressional; seats.


“NY state picked up 2 Republican electoral college votes in the last presidential election.”

This statement is wrong, se above.

[Constitution1st]

The statement is not wrong; it was reported in the news. It was some time ago, and I do not remember the details, but that is how I learned about it.

[A Balrog of Morgoth]

The deal part is incorrect. Congressional districts are set by population. No deal could have been made to keep such a balance.

Congressional districts are set by the state legislature.

The number of districts each state is alotted is set by the population of that state.

With the loss of two USHR seats, would a redistricting not be required?

Such a deal sounds completely plausible.