State Senate redistricting for math majors
Photo credit: AP | Members of the New York state Assembly hold a session at the Capitol in Albany, N.Y. (June 14, 2011)
The creative contrivances that produced the latest State Senate district map went on full display Thursday before New York's top court -- and it all came out sounding pretty clever, in a warped, Albany-style way.
At issue during 40 minutes of Court of Appeals arguments was how many Senate districts the state should have under the state constitution. The plan pushed through by Republicans in...
