The New York Times wrote a piece on Senator Gianaris and the Democrats' efforts to recapture the Senate majority.
Michael N. Gianaris, a Democratic state senator from Astoria, Queens, was in bed at 11:30 one night in January when a reporter called. Republicans were drafting new Senate districts to reflect the 2010 census, and word had leaked of what they had in store for Mr. Gianaris: his neighborhood would be appended to the district of a fellow Democratic senator.
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“One thing I’ve learned being in public service is that feathers must be ruffled if anything’s going to change,”
Read the full article here [2].
Publication date:
Friday, March 2, 2012 - 00:00
