New state district map serves both parties
Photo credit: TIMES UNION/SKIP DICKSTEIN | Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, left, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver
Nation
Upon seeing the creepy, kooky shape on this brand-new map, an alert political pro dubbed the proposed 12th Assembly District "Morticia's dress."
This district, as drawn by the usual legislative task force, would place incumbent Andrew Raia (R-East Northport) in a super-skinny, north-south corridor, bulging a bit here and there as it runs vertically from Long Island Sound down to Babylon Cove.
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