Common Cause/NY Responds to Citizens Union Spin

NEW YORK, NY (09/18/2014)(readMedia)-- In response to a memo from Citizens Union regarding Judge Patrick McGrath's ruling on the redistricting commission, which found in favor of the petitioners, that it can not be described as independent, Common Cause/NY Executive Director Susan Lerner issued the following statement:

"Spin it anyway you like, but after the judge's ruling, there really isn't any denying that Proposition 1 is not what it claims to be. New Yorkers understand that this proposed commission would make a bad situation worse. The Judge's ruling is crystal clear: "the Commission's plan is little more than a recommendation to the Legislature which can reject it for unstated reasons and draw its own lines". In no uncertain terms, the Judge found that: "The plan can be rejected for the purely partisan reasons that this Commission was designed to avoid"

On November 4th, Voters should reject Proposition 1 for the false choice it is."