New York’s redistricting saga continues.

Democratic state lawmakers introduced legislation Monday night creating their own congressional map after they voted down a map created by the Independent Redistricting Commission. The question remains when the Legislature will vote on it.

“We need the governor’s assistance to do it tomorrow,” state Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie told reporters Tuesday afternoon. “We are in discussions with the governor about a message of necessity."

Heastie indicated he is hopeful Gov. Kathy Hochul will step in and speed up the process by issuing a message of necessity, allowing lawmakers to circumvent the three-day waiting period required before acting on bills.

Asked earlier Tuesday if that was something she would consider, the governor also cited discussions. Without it, the soonest a vote could take place is Thursday.

“It is a possibility,” she said. “There are options available to me as governor. I’m having conversations with the Legislature about what that would looks like.”

Republican state Sen. George Borrello said those conversations go against the spirit of the constitutional amendment voters approved to create the Independent Redistricting Commission in the first place.

“They want a transparent process, and to take as much of the politics out as possible by eliminating these behind closed doors negotiations for maps,” he said.

It's a map that Jeffrey M. Wice, adjunct professor and senior fellow at New York Law School, told Spectrum News 1 didn’t waver as much from the current map, drawn by a special master in 2022, as some expected.

"The map that came out last night contained about 95% of the map that was produced by the Independent Redistricting Commisison," he said. “The commission's map represented about 95% of the map drawn by the special master for the state court two years ago, so the map that the Legislature is voting on is not that far off from the court plan itself,” he said.

Upstate, alterations to New York’s 22nd Congressional District remain unchanged from the IRC map which nudged the district in the direction of being more friendly to a Democratic challenger to Republican Rep. Brandon Williams.

While in the Legislature’s plan, the 18th District takes a large section of Ulster County away from the 19th District, which Wice says will make the 19th more competitive.

“They are not the kind of changes that would have given Democrats six additional districts,” he said. “That is not going to happen with this map.”

Wice said it's a map that even if signed by the governor this week is still leaving huge question marks for congressional candidates on how the calendar could be impacted.

“The Legislature could change the primary date, the Legislature could also shorten the number of signatures or shorten the petition gathering period,” he said.