AP reports: “A senior administration official said Wednesday night that Cuomo will sign the measure, withdrawing his promised veto of any “hyper-partisan lines.” Cuomo ultimately traded his veto for a long-term overhaul through a constitutional amendment promised by legislative… Continue reading

NYT: “This was the year New York State lawmakers were going to stop protecting incumbents by gerrymandering political maps to improve their re-election chances….But in Albany, as they say, it is déjà vu all over again.”