Former New York City Mayor Ed Koch is celebrating the return of Republican Assemblyman Sean Hanna to his list of «heroes» of reform after the Rochester -
area lawmaker signed onto an Assembly bill that would create an independent panel to redraw legislative districts.
«State officials have indicated they are confident that once it completes damage assessments in all
areas, it will far exceed the state's per capita threshold of $ 26.7 million,» the
lawmakers wrote in the letter
signed by Reps. Richard Hanna, Bill Owens, Chris Gibson, Tom Reed and Paul Tonko.