New York’s highest court ruled that the state’s congressional lines must be redrawn ahead of the 2024 elections, handing a victory to Democrats that could help swing control of U.S. Congress.
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The judicial panel has one member from the region – Associate Judge Shirley Troutman, a prosecutor and judge in Western New York for more than 30 years.
Meanwhile, the Town of Amherst said its redevelopment planning process is "moving forward full speed ahead."
A judge from Washington County who pointed a loaded gun at a Black litigant in his courtroom who posed no threat to anyone was properly removed from office, the state Court of Appeals ruled.
The court should reject this lawsuit.
A mid-level state appellate court ruled on Thursday that New York’s congressional district lines must be redrawn ahead of the 2024 elections.
Some of the members of the state Commission on Judicial Nomination are attorneys who may argue high-stakes cases before the judges they are charged with vetting. At least four of the current commissioners have argued cases before the Court of Appeals.
The Appellate Division, Fourth Department, found Amherst and Tonawanda were not responsible for conditions in the roadway because the boulevard is a state route.
It's a matter for the full Senate to decide, not a handful of members on a committee whose membership was suspiciously enlarged.
A Republican state senator filed a lawsuit Thursday seeking to force a vote by the full chamber on whether to confirm Gov. Kathy Hochul’s nominee to be chief judge of the state Court of Appeals.
Perhaps that’s just something about the politician’s DNA, or maybe it’s one of the defects of human nature. Either way, with their dogmatic intransigence, Senate Democrats have shown themselves to be just as committed to political gamesmanship as Republicans are.
The 10-9 vote on Wednesday afternoon was a historic rebuke of Hochul by members of her own Democratic Party, one potentially setting up a major legal fight between the Democratic-controlled state Senate and the Democratic governor.
There can be no honorable course but for the state Senate and its Judiciary Committee to give LaSalle a fair and thorough hearing, writes The News' Editorial Board.
A legislative tightrope awaits Gov. Kathy Hochul, reflected in a speech alternately calling for strengthening the public safety concerns that propelled her GOP opponent last November with others sure to generate genuine Democratic enthusiasm, Bob McCarthy writes.
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Republicans, anticipating that Assembly district lines will be redrawn early in 2023, are optimistic their next round of campaigns might offer the chance to strengthen their numbers if districts are drawn to avoid partisan gerrymandering.
Republicans from throughout the Southern Tier gathered Friday for the Cattaraugus County GOP’s annual fundraiser, and it’s a sure bet the pol…
A separate federal court decision in Albany set this year's congressional election for Aug. 23 – a change from the original June 28 date.
The center of New York's political universe shifted to this Southern Tier village Friday as a court appointed elections expert weighed proposals from politicos and ordinary citizens alike for new – and fair – districts in this year's congressional and State Senate elections.
"I am absolutely moving forward with running for re-election," Rath said, lamenting what he called the loss of a Western New York district to New York City.
No matter your point of view, it remains reassuring that New York’s court system – from trial court, to Appellate Division, to the Court of Appeals – can accept an opposing party view, Bob McCarthy says.
Those contests were originally scheduled for June 28, the same day that primaries for governor, State Assembly and other state offices have long been scheduled.
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At a time when candidates expected to be gearing up for a June 28 primary, instead they found themselves not knowing what to do next.
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New York's highest court today declared unconstitutional the congressional and State Senate maps drawn earlier this year by the State Legislature, voiding their use for the scheduled June 28 primary election, and ordered a new date – possibly as late as August.
The state's high court is wrangling with the latest accusation of gerrymandered district lines – this time, as Republicans claim, by the supermajority of Democrats controlling New York State government. A decision in the fast-tracked case is expected soon to accommodate a primary election slated for June 28.