Gov. Andrew Cuomo has retained counsel from the firm of Zuckerman Spaeder, which now employs ex-Cuomo Secretary Steve Cohen. The attorney named on the case is Cohen's partner Paul Shechtman, who taught Cohen in law school.
Shechtman's answer to the more than 100 different stipulations in the amended complaints consisted largely of "decline to answer".
There are only a handful of items the governor's answer admits: the Constitution did create a Senate, and part of the Constitution addresses the Senate's size; Nassau County used to be part of Queens in the 19th century; that a Constitutional Convention did take place in 1894; and that New York and Brooklyn were "fast growing metropolises"; that LATFOR held public hearings in 2001, and that LATFOR holds hearings in general.
This is from the latest Preclearance Status page:
NEW YORK:
Submission Number: 2012-1752
Action Date: 03/28/2012
Redistricting plan (House)
Submission received
Expedited Consideration Requested
NYC Wins When Everyone Can Vote!
Michael H. Drucker
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