Campaign Roundup, Mar. 15

State Senate

Ed Koch is disappointed with Gov. Andrew Cuomo’s compromise on redistricting.

More on Cuomo’s deal, with some great quotes.

Malcolm Smith had been expected to vote for the bill, but I think ended up walking out of the chamber with colleagues.

More on the walk-out.

The IDC ended up voting for the deal.

U.S. Senate

George Maragos says Bob Turner’s Senate run is “very strange.”

Brooklyn

Interviews with David Storobin and Lew Fidler.

There’s a new contender for Assemblyman Hakeem Jeffries’ seat.

Charles Barron is now against the new federal court/congressional redistricting plan.

Staten Island

Rep. Michael Grimm got a union endorsement.

And the Staten Island GOP.

Elsewhere

House congressional lines will likely be drawn by a federal court, which is holding a hearing in Brooklyn today.

The Senate GOP continues to argue that incumbency should be taken into account.