Update on New York Redistricting With just 16 weeks until its Congressional primary, New York still has no approved political districts, causing increasing consternation among elected officials, potential challengers and government reform groups. New York is now among the last states in the nation to tackle the redistricting required as a result of the 2010 census. And the urgency is growing: the state's Congressional primary is scheduled for June 26, and its legislative primary for Sept. Assembly and Senate leaders proposed new legislative districts, but the approval process stalled after critics called the maps gerrymandered to protect incumbents and unfair to minority groups. The existing proposal would increase the size of the State Senate to 63 members from 62, but that move is being challenged in state court. Meanwhile, after Albany lawmakers were unable to agree on new Congressional districts, the leaders of the State Legislature made separate proposals to a magistrate appointed by a panel of federal judges who are overseeing a separate redistricting lawsuit. The state is required to reduce its number of Congressional districts to 27, from 29, as a result of the census. On Monday, the magistrate judge, Roanne L. Mann, held a public hearing in Brooklyn to collect input on the various Congressional proposals she has received. Lawyers for the Assembly speaker, Sheldon Silver, a Manhattan Democrat, and the Senate majority leader, Dean G. Skelos, a Long Island Republican, urged the court to show deference to the legislative proposals and to refrain from drawing districts that would pit incumbent legislators against each other. Most of the discussion of particular district boundaries focused on New York City; several civil rights groups complained that the legislative maps would shortchange minority neighborhoods. Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, who in recent weeks has called redistricting a matter for the Legislature and the courts to work out, did not weigh in on the proposed maps. The judicial panel has asked Judge Mann to produce a map for its consideration by next Monday. The judges want to put a Congressional map in place by March 20, when the petitioning period for prospective candidates is scheduled to begin. In Albany, Mr. Cuomo and legislative leaders are trying to negotiate a compromise redistricting plan that would obviate the need for court action. The compromise being discussed would include a proposed amendment to the State Constitution providing for an independent redistricting process following the 2020 census.