Why is it so hard to get good people elected and the bad ones removed, especially in New York? Decades of gerrymandering:
“… “When the district lines are drawn to favor one party over another, it becomes fait accompli — whoever the Democrats choose in a Democratic district, the Democrat will win, hands down,” said Dick Dadey, the executive director of the government watchdog group Citizens Union. “It amounts to more of a coronation.” …”