#Pathetic New York pols fail to deliver gerrymander-free maps

#Pathetic New York pols fail to deliver gerrymander-free maps

“Pathetic New York pols fail to deliver gerrymander-free maps” For the second consecutive time, a court-appointed special master will handle New York’s congressional redistricting. It’s notable — though hardly surprising given the deeply partisan state of politics here — that our representatives have failed to properly carry out this most basic and important task twice….

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#GOP pushes NY’s highest court to reject ‘Hochulmander’ congressional map

#GOP pushes NY’s highest court to reject ‘Hochulmander’ congressional map

“GOP pushes NY’s highest court to reject ‘Hochulmander’ congressional map” New York’s highest court should throw out newly drawn congressional lines because they were illegally gerrymandered by Democrats in violation of the state Constitution, a Republican attorney argued at a Tuesday Court of Appeals hearing in Albany.  The so-called “Hochulmander” includes dramatic changes to the…

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#NY Democrats block bill that would rename Mario M. Cuomo Bridge as Tappan Zee

#NY Democrats block bill that would rename Mario M. Cuomo Bridge as Tappan Zee

“NY Democrats block bill that would rename Mario M. Cuomo Bridge as Tappan Zee” Assembly Democrats have blocked Republican-sponsored legislation that sought to rename the Mario M. Cuomo Bridge as the Tappan Zee Bridge. Assemblyman Michael Lawler (R-Rockland) suspects his party affiliation led Transportation Committee Chair Bill Magnarelli (D-Syracuse) to block the bill from moving…

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#Who will win in the battle of NY’s insane gerrymander?

#Who will win in the battle of NY’s insane gerrymander?

“Who will win in the battle of NY’s insane gerrymander?” The state Appellate Division just got it half-right on the Legislature’s gerrymander, correctly blasting the US House-seat maps as drawn expressly “to discourage competition and favor Democrats” and thus violating New York’s Constitution.  But the court so far has the state Senate maps intact, though…

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#Albany’s reluctance to lift the charter cap is based on fiction

#Albany’s reluctance to lift the charter cap is based on fiction

“Albany’s reluctance to lift the charter cap is based on fiction” New York’s Legislature is unmoved by the desperate desire of city families to have access to more high-quality charter schools. Lawmakers’ reluctance to lift the unconscionable cap on charter-school creation — and indeed the cap’s very existence — is based on notions that simply aren’t true,…

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#Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in 0B budget

#Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in $220B budget

“Hochul, lawmakers roll back pension reform in $220B budget” Gov. Kathy Hochul and lawmakers quietly delivered a gift to public employee unions — by partially rolling back the decade-old pension reforms that curbed runaway costs to taxpayers and overtime abuse, The Post has learned. The rollbacks were tucked into the record-breaking $220 billion election-year state…

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