UNITEDSTATESDISTRICTCOURTEASTERNDISTRICTOFNEWYORK
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MARKA.
FAVORS,HOWARD
LIES,
LILLIEH.GALAN,EDWARDA.MULRAINE,WARRENSHREIBER,
and
WEYMANA.
CAREY,
Plaintiff,
and
DONNAKAYEORAYTON,EDWARDELLIS,AIDAFORREST,GENEA.JOHNSON,JOYWOOLEY,SHEILA
WRIGHT,UNDA
LEE,SHINOCHORCHUNG,JULIAYANG,JUNGHOHUNG,JUANRAMOS,NICKCHAVARRrA,GRACIELAHEYMANN,SANDRAMARTINEZ,EDWINROLDAN
and
MANOLINTIRADO,IntervenorPlaintiff's,
and
YITZCHOKULLMAN,
ProposedIntervenorPlaintiff,
v.ANDREW
M.
CUOMO,
as
GovernoroftheStateof
New
York,
ERICT.
SCHNEIDERMAN,
as
Attorney
General
of
theState
of
New
York,
ROBERT
J.
DUFFY,
as
President
of
theSenate
oftheStateof
New
York,DEANO.SKELOS,
as
Majority
Leader
and
PresidentProTempore
of
theSenate
oftheState
ofNew
York,SHELDONSILVER,
asSpeaker
oftheAssemblyofthe
State
ofNewYork,JOHN
L.
SAMPSON,
as
Minority
Leaderofthe
Senateofthe
State
of
New
York,BRIANM.KOLB,
as
MinorityLeaderoftheAssemblyoftheStateofNewYork,
The
NEWYORKSTATELEGISLATIVETASKFORCEONDEMOGRAPHICRESEARCHANDAPPORTIONl'v1ENT("LAFTOR"),JOHN
J.
McENENY,AsMemberofLATFOR,ROBERTOAKS,asMemberofLA
TFOR,ROMAN
HEDGES,asMemberofLATFOR,MICHAEL
F.
NOZZOLIO,
as
MemberofLATFOR,MARTINMALAVEDILAN,as
Member
ofLATFOR,AndWELQUlSR.LOPEZ,asMemberofLATFOR,Defendants.
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(N0036593
v
1)
c.A.
No.ll-CV-05632
(DLI)(RR)(GEL)
COMPLAINT-IN-INTERVENTION
Plaintiff-Intervenor,
by
andthroughhisundersignedattorney,Lee
D.
Apotheker,Esq.,asandfortheComplaint-In-Intervention,allegeasfollows:INTRODUCTION
1.
PlaintiffIntervenorisaregisteredvoterinNewYorkStatewhoresidesintheTownofRarnapo.
2.
PlaintiffIntervenorseekstoensurethatthecontoursoftheState'sassemblydistricts,asdetermined
by
theSpecialMaster,thisCourtandtheStateLegislature,complieswiththeprovisionsofArticle1,Section2oftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStates,the
Equal
ProtectionClause
of
theFourteenthAmendmenttotheConstitution
of
theUnitedStatesand
ArticleIII,
Section
5
oftheNew
York
StateConstitutionJURISDICTIONANDVENUE3.TillsActionarisesunderArticle1,Section2and
the
FourteenthAmendmentto
the
UnitedStatesConstitutionand
42
U.S.C.
§
1983.4.
Jurisdictionisconferredpursuantto
28
U.S.C.
§§
133I
and
1334
and
42
U.S.c.§
1983.S.
Venueinthisdistrictisproperpursuantto
28
U.S.C.
§
1391.
PARTIES6.Plaintiff-Intervenorisaregisteredvoterwhoresides
within
theTownofRamapo.Plaintiff-IntervenorrepresentstheinterestsofallresidentsoftheTownofRamapoaswellashisowninterest,asvoters.7.DefendantsareelectedofficialsandauthoritieschargedwithredistrictingandreapportionmentintheStateofNewYorkaftereachfederaldecennialcensus.
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v
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8.Defendant,AndrewCuomo,istheGovernoroftheStateofNewYork.9.Defendant,RobertJ.Duffy,isthePresidentoftheSenateoftheStateofNewYork.10.Defendant,DeanG.SkelosisthePresidentProTemporeandMajorityLeaderof
the
SenateoftheStateofNewYork,andtogetherwiththeAssemblyisresponsibleforredrawingandreapportioningstateassemblylines.11.DefendantSheldonSilveristheSpeakeroftheAssemblyoftheStateofNewYork,andtogetherwiththeSenate,isresponsibleforredrawingandreapportioningstateassemblylines.12.DefendantBrianM.KolbistheMinorityLeaderoftheAssemblyoftheStateofNewYork.13.DefendantJohn
L.
SampsonistheMinorityLeaderoftheSenateoftheStateofNewYork.14.DefendantsNewYorkStateLegislativeTaskForceonDemographicResearchandReapportionment(LATFOR)ischargedbytheLegislature
to
reapportionandredrawstateassemblydistrictspursuanttoChapter45oftheNewYorkStateLawsof1978.15.Defendants,John
J.
McEneny,RobertOaks,RomanHedges,MichaelF.Nozzolio,MartinM.Dilan,andWelquis
R
LopezaremembersofLATFOR.FACTUALBACKGROUND16,Article1,Section2oftheConstitutionoftheUnitedStatesand
the
EqualProtectionClauseoftheFourteenthAmendment,requirethatfollowingadecennialcensus,thenumberofcongressionaldistrictsaretobeapportionedamongthestates,andboundariesofstatelegislativedistrictsaretoberedrawn.17.ArticleIII,Section5oftheConstitutionoftheStateofNewYorkrequiresthatstate
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