Sentences with phrase «over any redistricting plan»

That would in essence give Senate Republicans permanent veto power over any redistricting plan Senate Democrats would put forward if they win control of that chamber in the next decade.

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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.

Celeste Katz over at the Daily Politics blog posted the US DOJ's official letter pre-clearing the State Assembly's redistricting plan.

The two have been publicly at odds over redistricting, with McEneny, who co-heads LATFOR, saying it's inappropriate for Cuomo to say he'll veto any non-independent plan draw up by the Legislature before he even lays eyes on said plan.

The Kingston City School District has received bids on three of their former elementary schools, two of which were shuttered over the past two years as part of a comprehensive redistricting plan which sought to address declining student enrollment.

In the meantime, the legislative task force on redistricting plans to hold a series of hearings over the next few weeks, to seek public comment on the proposed lines.

But in the state Senate, where Democrats are hobbled by a redistricting plan drawn by Senate Republican lawmakers (and signed off on by Cuomo) and the poor image of dysfunction and corruption from their time in control, the minority conference still holds out hope that the presidential election year will help put them over the top.

After Cuomo okayed a redistricting plan in March that favored Republicans in the Senate over Democrats, Democrats boycotted the remainder of an all night session that included many bills on the governor's agenda.