Loss of NY House seats unlikely to hurt LI
Photo credit: AP | Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, talks with reporters during a news conference at the Capitol in Albany. (March 25, 2011)
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The downstate region is "just as likely" as slower-growing western New York to lose a congressional seat when districts are redrawn next year, an analysis of 2010 Census results has found.
New York grew 2.1 percent since 2000, reaching a population of 19,378,102, but its growth was outstripped by other states, especially in the West and South. As a result, New York will lose two of its 29...
