Sentences with phrase «favorable redistricting plan»

For two years, the governor had worked productively with Senate Republicans and their silver - haired majority leader, Dean Skelos, dangling a favorable redistricting plan to win pension reform in 2012.

Many union members accused lawmakers of selling them out in order to win agreement from Governor Cuomo on a favorable redistricting plan, which was also passed in the middle of the night.

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The relationship saga between Cuomo and the Senate Democrats over the last six months has featured the governor signing off on a state legislative redistricting plan that is favorable to the majority Republicans in the chamber and repeatedly refusing to say whether he supports a Democratic takeover of the chamber.

Four of these five officials were Republican, and the resulting redistricting plans were seen as favorable to Republicans.