Sentences with phrase «veto district lines»

Meanwhile, Common Cause / NY is also out with a statement pushing for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto district lines rather than to come to a deal.

Eventually Cuomo gave up his pledge to veto any district lines that were gerrymandered and agreed to new lines that drastically favored Senate Republicans, even creating a 63rd district upstate that suspiciously carved its way around major population centers and incorporated rural towns populated by more voters who were more likely Republican.

Governor Cuomo in 2011 threatened to veto any district lines that were gerrymandered and politically partisan.

Further complicating matters, Governor Cuomo has threatened for months to veto any district lines that are not drawn up in a non partisan manner by an independent commission.

Not exact matches

Samuels had hoped Cuomo, who, according to Ed Koch, recently reiterated his pledge to veto any partisan redistricting plans, would veto the money included in thie 2011 - 2012 budget deal for LATFOR, which essentially enables the continuation of the current (read: partisan) method of redrawing district lines.

Further complicating matters - because of court action, no date for next year's primaries has been set yet, and Governor Cuomo is threatening to veto the legislature's new district lines.

Governor Cuomo has threatened in the past to veto new district lines that are gerrymandered, and not done by an independent commission, but Cuomo has remained silent on the subject in recent weeks.

State legislative district lines are subject to veto by the governor.

The Senate and Assembly must complete newly drawn district lines in the first few weeks of the year, and Cuomo has threatened to veto new lines that are not drawn in a non partisan manner by an independent commission.

Also, we've yet to see exactly what Grisanti's district will look like, since the tweaked LATFOR lines have yet to be released, and the possibility of a veto from Gov. Andrew Cuomo or (as seems more likely at this point) court intervention into the redistricting process could throw a wrench into the works.

Congressional district lines are approved as regular legislation and are thus subject to veto by the governor.

Despite all the speculation on whether Gov. Andrew Cuomo will stick to his pledge to veto LATFOR's gerrymandered and politically influenced district lines, there's a growing possibility that he'll never get the chance because the maps — as they currently stand — might not make it out of the Legislature at all.

Clearly leaving the door open for a settlement, Cuomo said a veto can be averted if district lines are redrawn more fairly and reforms for the future are put in place by lawmakers.

Cuomo purposefully gave away the Senate to the Republicans when he reneged on vetoing partisan district lines in 2012.

State Legislators say they are revising the lines for new Senate and Assembly districts, after Governor Andrew Cuomo called previous maps «hyper partisan» and threatened to veto them.

First, they were permitted to draw the new Senate district lines in a manner widely viewed as favorable to the GOP, after Governor Andrew Cuomo backed off on a threat to veto what he said were «hyper political, hyper partisan lines».

Governor Andrew Cuomo has been inching away for a while now from his earlier blanket promise to veto any congressional and district lines drawn by the legislature, expressing a preference for a an agreement on acceptably partisan lines drawn by lawmakers over a court - controlled solution.

ALBANY — Even as Gov. Andrew Cuomo leveled a threat to veto new legislative district lines that legislators have drawn for themselves, he left himself open to a negotiated solution that would preserve their control over maps that will be in place for the next ten years.

The governor has admitted, though that a veto would be «chaotic», because then the new districts would be designed by the courts, so the only alternative is to win rapid agreement with lawmakers on new lines early in the New Year.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has said he is opposed to such movement of district lines and has promised to veto such a plan.

Groups in favor of independent redistricting have been concerned for months that Gov. Andrew Cuomo might not want to veto LATFOR's district lines because it could send things into chaos right before a possible Spring primary.

Lerner has much more confidence in the courts» ability to redraw district lines if Gov. Andrew Cuomo does go ahead with his veto threat than Citizens Union.

Dick Dadey, executive director of Citizens Union, says he still wants Gov. Andrew Cuomo to veto LATFOR's district lines, «If fairer lines are not created for 2012 and there is no structural reform.»

Gov. Bruce Rauner on Tuesday vetoed a sweeping education bill, saying the proposed funding formula that Democrats sent him «put Chicago in line for millions more» that would be «diverted from other, needier districts.»

The Senate bill doesn't impose a limit, doesn't give a veto to C - rated districts, and allows students to cross lines statewide.

He also has the option to line - item veto funding, which could leave school districts to pay for arming teachers.