{"id":440453,"date":"2022-05-02T02:06:24","date_gmt":"2022-05-01T23:06:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/gerrymander-fiasco-proves-hochul-is-as-corrupt-as-cuomo\/"},"modified":"2022-05-02T02:06:24","modified_gmt":"2022-05-01T23:06:24","slug":"gerrymander-fiasco-proves-hochul-is-as-corrupt-as-cuomo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gerrymander-fiasco-proves-hochul-is-as-corrupt-as-cuomo\/","title":{"rendered":"#Gerrymander fiasco proves Hochul is as corrupt as Cuomo"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e16989e7c\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a36e16989e7c\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/gerrymander-fiasco-proves-hochul-is-as-corrupt-as-cuomo\/#%E2%80%9CGerrymander_fiasco_proves_Hochul_is_as_corrupt_as_Cuomo%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Gerrymander fiasco proves Hochul is as corrupt as Cuomo&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CGerrymander_fiasco_proves_Hochul_is_as_corrupt_as_Cuomo%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Gerrymander fiasco proves Hochul is as corrupt as Cuomo&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>The state Court of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">App<\/a>eals\u2019 smackdown of Democrats\u2019 naked disregard for the state Constitution and the voters\u2019 will was a victory for fair play. Blame Gov. Kathy Hochul and Albany Democrats for the attempted<em> power<\/em> play \u2014 and for the resulting chaos.<\/p>\n<p>With a special master drawing up new House and state Senate districts, the courts have moved those primaries from June to Aug. 23; the Legislature may move the remaining primaries to that date to avoid having two separate primary elections, and because statewide candidates might have to re-do the petition process since their old petitions may not hold up under the new maps.<\/p>\n<p>Ironically, that\u2019d be a boon to Hochul, since she\u2019d likely get a chance to replace disgraced, now-ex Lt.-Gov. Brian Benjamin on the primary ballot. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Commenting on talk of consolidating the elections, Hochul demurred, \u201cThere\u2019s time to look at the options [and] find out what\u2019s best for the voters.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><em>Now<\/em> she wants \u201cwhat\u2019s best for voters\u201d? The time to prioritize <em>that <\/em>was before she signed off on the nakedly voter-repressing gerrymander.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/brian-benjamin.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Former New York Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin\" class=\"wp-image-22104214\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/brian-benjamin.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/brian-benjamin.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/brian-benjamin.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Moving the date of the primaries may benefit Hochul by allowing her to remove former New York Lt. Governor Brian Benjamin from the ballot.  <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Alec Tabak<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>As the courts ruled, it\u2019s <em>obvious <\/em>that New York Democrats drew the hyper-partisan maps with one eye on helping the national party keep its House majority, and the other on reducing Republicans to an utterly impotent minority in the state Senate.\u00a0And Hochul and the Legislature utterly ignored the voter-passed requirement that redistricting be a truly bipartisan process.<\/p>\n<p>Heck, when asked if she planned to use her power over redistricting to boost Dems\u2019 House hopes, Hochul answered, \u201cYes.\u201d And when she signed the \u201cHochulmander\u201d into law, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2021\/08\/25\/nyregion\/kathy-hochul-interview.html\">she told The New York Times<\/a> she was acting as a \u201cloyal Biden Democrat.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As her Democratic challenger Rep. Tom Suozzi tweeted after the courts slapped down the power play: \u201cAnother failure for New York\u2019s dysfunctional government and Kathy Hochul.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/new-york-city-redistricting-map.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"New York City Redistricting Map\" class=\"wp-image-22104218\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/new-york-city-redistricting-map.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/new-york-city-redistricting-map.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/05\/new-york-city-redistricting-map.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>When Hochul approved the new maps she told the New York Times she was a \u201cloyal Biden Democrat.\u201d<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>So much for a governor who took office vowing to change the culture of Albany. With her foolish Benjamin pick, her obsessive fund-raising from special interests, her near-billion-gift to the (out of state) owners of her hometown football team, her ballooning of the state budget, her failure to win major fixes to New York\u2019s demented criminal-justice \u201creforms\u201d and now the Hochulmander disaster, she\u2019s proved herself as much a creature of that corrupt culture as her disgraced predecessor, Andrew Cuomo.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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Blame Gov. Kathy Hochul and Albany Democrats for the attempted power play \u2014 and for the resulting chaos. 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