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Cuomo urged to create a redistricting panel

Bill Samuels, chairman of New Roosevelt Initiative and

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Bill Samuels, head of the New Roosevelt Initiative, which advocates "nonpartisan" redistricting, is set to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to appoint an advisory panel that could prod the existing Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment (LATFOR) to avoid gerrymandering.

"By appointing his own commission, Governor Cuomo could allow ample time for a statewide...

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