The Daily News wrote about how Senate GOP is trying to manipulate the redistricting process for its own political benefit. This is simply politics at its worst and must not be tolerated.
Here is how Republicans in the state Senate talk about redrawing district lines when they think no one is paying attention:
They loosely refer to black and Latino communities on Long Island as "politically undesirable areas."
They strategize about the best way to "strengthen the Long Island delegation" of nine Republicans.
They angle to create low-population or "light" districts upstate to maximize the number of GOP senators.
And their decision about creating a particular district comes down to a judgment about whether it will be "a Republican pickup."
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