Sentences with phrase «redistricting panel»

Now, Koch said, it's up to Cuomo who also promised to enact an independent redistricting panel as part of his 2010 campaign to clean up Albany, but was mostly silent publicly on the issue since getting into office.

Before its work had even begun, the state legislative redistricting panel, known as LATFOR, was vilified by good government groups, Ed Koch and Gov. Cuomo.

Either way, expect a slew of lawsuits from Democrats and advocate groups pushing for independent redistricting panels.

Citizens Union has evolved — to put it charitably — from their long - held view that an independent redistricting panel is needed to produce non-political lines this year.

Several Republicans — including former Sen. Frank Padavan — have signed on to a good government campaign for resdistricting reform just as the Senate GOP is poised to pass a bill that would amend the state Constitution to create an independent redistricting panel, but not in time to redraw the lines for the 2012 elections.

He's not as radical as former Mayor Ed Koch, who has been pushing a completely independent redistricting panel.

In what historians on the panel characterized as a «fatal error,» the convention decided to put its proposed constitutional changes — including the creation of an independent redistricting panel — in a «take - it - or - leave - it» package rejected by a statewide vote.

First, former Mayor Ed Koch penned his own op - ed assailing «minor pols» and others who opposed an independent redistricting panel.

The bill — which passed the House 87 - 51 and the Senate 30 - 16 — sought to establish an independent redistricting panel that would be responsible for drawing the boundary lines for congressional and state legislative districts in Maryland.