[Palmetto Patriot]

Redistricting has thrown the 53-year-old freshman into the most conservative district in the state — away from the suburbs of Buffalo and Rochester and into a rural area of farms and villages in a district near the Canadian border.

And just who was it that redistricted this Democratic icon into the "most conservative district in the state"?

Why, the Democratically controlled Legislature, of course.

[justiceseeker93]

And just who was it that redistricted this Democratic icon into the "most conservative district in the state"?

Why, the Democratically controlled Legislature, of course.

Not exactly. The two houses of the New York legislature were divided, and so a court stepped in to draw the district lines.

[neverdem]

And just who was it that redistricted this Democratic icon into the "most conservative district in the state"?

Why, the Democratically controlled Legislature, of course.

This being from the NY Times, I should have assumed an aversion to reading the whole story, and done a better jobof excerpting. The GOP controls the NY State Senate.

"But with the governor and legislative leaders unable to agree on new Congressional lines, a federal magistrate judge intervened, releasing a map that created a district for Ms. Hochul that was even more conservative than the one she represented."