Sentences with phrase «legislature over redistricting»

Not exact matches

Over the weekend, Senate Republicans posted a memo on the legislature's redistricting website from their legal counsel, justifying the creation of a 63rd Senate seat in the reconfiguring of district lines.

Heading into the redistricting process, the GOP took over both legislative chambers in 25 states and had control of the legislature and governorship in 21 states.

But just how much sway Mann, and the presiding three - judge panel, will have over the process will depend in part on whether Governor Andrew Cuomo follows through on his original promise to veto the legislature's lines or instead reaches some sort of compromise with the legislature by which he signs off on their lines in exchange for promises of redistricting reform in the future.

Andrew Cuomo has shown every indication, over the past couple of months, of wishing he never promised to pick a fight with the legislature over New York's awful redistricting process.

Cuomo's commitment to pushing for fairer lines has come under scrutiny over the last few days after he told The Democrat and Chronicle's editorial board that he had basically been defeated by the legislature in the fight for independent redistricting.