New York’s Redistricting Chaos Is Part of Andrew Cuomo’s Legacy

The deal involved billions of taxpayer dollars; it reinforced the power of entrenched elected officials; and it was fabulously complicated and secretive, with bill language being released publicly for the first time at 3 a.m., followed by a vote shortly after sunrise. All of which made the 2012 bargain negotiated by Governor Andrew Cuomo and legislative leaders, a delicate budget deal balancing government pension savings and electoral redistricting, a classic example of Albany politics as usual. Yet this one also came with a special bonus: a 10-year slow fuse that has suddenly burned the Democratic members of New York’s congressional… Read Full Article