“Republicans are so much better at playing these games,” says one New York Democratic insider, as the state’s congressional redistricting—the result of a deal Cuomo made 10 years ago—unfurls into a Democratic civil war.
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 Governorand legislative leaders, a delicate budget deal balancing government pension savings and electoral redistricting, a classic example of Albany politics as usual.
It all goes back to some tangled ancient history: When Cuomo was running for governor in 2010, he pledged to end “hyper-partisan” redistricting. Two years later he used the census-mandated redrawing of district lines as a chit in state budget negotiations. Cuomo got a new pension tier that lowered payments for some unionized state employees; in exchange, incumbent state legislators got the ability to create districts that would favor their reelection.
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