Sentences with phrase «veto gerrymandered»

It's the kind of The - Albany - Game - is - Rigged thing that Cuomo ran against in 2010, promising to veto gerrymandered lines produced by the legislative commission, known as LATFOR.

In 2011, his first year as Governor, he promised to veto gerrymandered districts; instead he settled for a half - measure that won't take effect until 2022.

His decision now — whether to honor his pledge and veto the gerrymandered map or whether to allow the legislature to get away with a self - serving map — is a key test of his leadership.

«I would explect the governor would veto gerrymandered maps no matter who they're drawn by.

«His decision now — whether to honor his pledge and veto the gerrymandered map or whether to allow the Legislature to get away with a self - serving map — is a key test of his leadership,» Koch said.

The Times, in a strongly worded editorial, chastised Cuomo not only for failing to follow through on his vow to veto gerrymandered legislative districts but for engaging in tactics that represent a step backwards in Albany's already undemocratic culture.

Sure, if he follows through on his promise to veto their gerrymander, the New York Times editorial board will cheer, but then, for as long as he remains in this particular office, Cuomo will have to live with either a vengeful Republican Senate majority or a dysfunctional Democratic one, which may turn out to be even worse for him.

Not exact matches

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.

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

The topic has been the elephant in the room during much of this year, with Governor Cuomo threatening to veto any lines that are gerrymandered and not drawn in a non partisan manner.

She then briefed on Cuomo - related issues, including him failing to close campaign finance loopholes, failing to veto any incumbent protection gerrymandering, not doing enough for election reform, for looting public schools to give tax cuts to banks and not taking a stance against fracking.

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.

«My prediction, is sadly that in the year 2022, I'll be running around trying to get the governor to veto the lines, saying they are still gerrymandered and they look funny,» Horner said.

Next, Gov. Andrew Cuomo — a fellow Democrat — declined to keep his pledge to veto any redistricting plan drawn up in the traditional (read: politically controlled) manner, signing the gerrymandered maps proposed by the GOP into law.

By obtaining 16 votes, and the governor's mansion in 2010, the Republicans had the power to veto any Democrat plan to gerrymander assembly districts.

Sue Lerner, with Common Cause, is urging the governor to follow through on his original threat to veto the lines if they are gerrymandered.

Added to the normal machinating, wrangling, gerrymandering and abstract sketching that characterizes this year's iteration of the once - a-decade process is the threat of a veto from Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who has said he will refuse to approve «lines that are not drawn by an independent commission that are partisan.»

Governor Cuomo who has threatened a veto if the lines are gerrymandered, and not drawn by an independent panel, has lately been backing away from that stance, and from the legislature's redistricting process altogether.

Five of the Majority Caucus members who voted against downsizing now support the gerrymandered map that was vetoed by the County Executive.

He insisted for months that he would veto lines that were gerrymandered, but in the end let stand the products of legislative electioneering in exchange for a slew of other agenda items and a constitutional amendment that somewhat wrested the redistricting pen from legislators» hands.

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.

Mr. Cuomo can improve the chances for real electoral reform by repeatedly reaffirming his vow to veto any redistricting plan «that reflects partisan gerrymandering.»

The governor also rescinded a campaign promise to veto any redistricting lines that were not non — partisan and done by an independent commission, and in mid-March agreed to new lines for the legislature that critics said were blatantly gerrymandered.

The nine chapters cover a wide range of topics, including bicameralism, presidential vetoes, gerrymandering, term limits, and voting rights.