Cuomo watch: Compromise on redistricting?

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo appears to be leaving the door open to some kind of compromise on the crucial process of redistricting, the political art of redrawing State Senate and Assembly and U.S. House district lines every 10 years based on the Census. Legislators, who have always controlled the process and guard their power with ferocity, want their own task force to do the job. Cuomo has asked for an independent commission and vowed to veto any plan offered by the legislative task force.

It would not be surprising to see some sort of third option emerge. Cuomo recently said a veto would cause "chaos" by sending the issue to the court system and that "going to court is not the optimum." Some are interested in compromise, he said, "and I think there are conversations going on right now."

-- Yancey Roy