The state Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment maintains a large and expensive staff, despite being publicly silent since New York's last redistricting ended in 2012 and no longer having the power to draw district lines. (nystateofpolitics.com)
It is widely known that the Speaker had wanted the last redistricting to remove her Bronx constituency entirely, and put her squarely and solely in the Manhattan delegation. (citycouncilwatch.net)