Last week, the federal magistrate judge assigned to draw up new New York Congressional lines shared his maps, and guess what: They are not a hit amongst lawmakers. Over the weekend, a group of Democratic lawmakers appeared at the Reverend Al Sharpton's National Action Network to voice their concerns; Capital New York reports that the group "said the congressional lines... increased the number of Latino residents in [Rep. Charles] Rangel's district, which they said unfairly pit the two ethnic groups against one another." more ›

The NY Times doled out a few endorsements for Albany-related primaries. The Times endorsed former Schumer aide and "enthusiastic new outsider" Daniel Squadron for incumbent State Senator Martin Connor's 25th District seat and endorsed incumbent Assemblyman Adriano Esapaillat for his 72nd Assembly District over challenger City Councilman Miguel Martinez. more ›