Sentences with phrase «support nonpartisan redistricting»

During the 2010 elections, New York City Mayor Ed Koch campaigned for redistricting reform and won a pledge from many lawmakers, including all the Senate Republicans, to support nonpartisan redistricting.

Going into the elections, the organization NY Uprising asked all candidates to sign a pledge to support nonpartisan redistricting during the following legislative session.

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch kicked off his upstate NY Uprising tour in Buffalo today, and, true to his word, called out the so - called «enemies» of reform who declined to sign his trio of pledges to support nonpartisan redistricting, GAP budgeting and an ethics overhaul.

A reader forwarded an e-mail appeal sent out yesterday by Koch, in which he touts the PAC's «fast - moving progress,» including the landing of pledges from all four gubernatorial hopefuls to support nonpartisan redistricting and veto any plan that was drawn up in the traditional, politically - motivated manner.

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Arnold Schwarzenegger's push for nonpartisan redistricting has gained significant Republican support, with Ohio Gov. John Kasich signing on to his amicus brief at the Supreme Court and Arizona Sen. John McCain filing a separate friend - of - the - court brief.

Now that he has secured a pledge in support of independent, nonpartisan redistricting from all four gubernatorial hopefuls, former Mayor Ed Koch is looking for the same from New York's congressional delegation, who, along with members of the state Legislature, would be directly impacted by that reform.

A clear majority of voters (59 - 21) say all candidates for state office should sign a pledge in support of a nonpartisan independent redistricting commission — a victory for both former NYC Mayor Ed Koch, whose PAC, New York Uprising, is pushing candidates to do just that; and also for AG Andrew Cuomo, who is calling for citizens and candidates alike to sign his reform pledge.

For months now, the Senate Democrats have been slamming their Republican counterparts for reneging on their pledge to ex-NYC Mayor Ed Koch in support of independent and nonpartisan redistricting.

All four major - party candidates running for governor have already pledged to support nonpartisan, independent redistricting — a fundamental change that state lawmakers, intent on self - preservation, have resisted for decades.

During the election, Skelos signed a pledge to support former Mayor Ed Koch's «New York Uprising,» a Political Action Committee that is calling for nonpartisan redistricting, among other reforms.

Former NYC Mayor Ed Koch was in a very good mood this morning following the release of a Q poll that found 59 percent of New Yorkers want candidates for state office to sign a pledge to support a nonpartisan independent redistricting entity.

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver gave his vital support to Cuomo's effort to cut spending, establish a 2 percent cap on the growth of property taxes, enact nonpartisan redistricting of election districts for the next 10 years so majority parties don't protect their power, and other key proposals.