Flanked by Democratic lawmakers from Texas, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul said the state should abandon its commitment to nonpartisan districts and instead let Democrats redraw maps to maximize their political power.

The Democratic governor said Monday that the state should scrap the Independent Redistricting Commission enacted by voters in 2014.

“I'm tired of fighting this fight with my hand tied behind my back. With all due respect to the good-government groups, politics is a political process,” Hochul said at the Capitol. “Republicans take over the legislature, they can have at it. But until then, we're in charge and we're sick and tired of being pushed around.”

Her statement goes against more than 15 years of advocacy by progressives in her own party who pushed for an independent proce

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