Another day, another denial from the Assembly on reports that LATFOR is planning to draw Reps. Gary Ackerman and Carolyn McCarthy into a political death match (AKA, a primary) this June.

NY1′s Zack Fink caught up with Speaker Sheldon Silver earlier today and asked him about the potential intra-party battle. Silver replied:

“There are no lines out. So, let’s be very clear. There are no official lines. I don’t know what the reference is to, in terms of that particular forcing of a primary. We have not agreed to any lines with the Senate. There are no preliminary maps that the Assembly has put out, and I don’t believe that’s true.”

Yesterday, Assemblyman Jack McEneny, the Democratic co-chair of LATFOR, told me the DN report of a potential primary between Ackerman and McCarthy was the “first I’ve heard of it.” I guess you could see these comments are either a “thou doth protest too much” or take them for what they are.

He said the House maps aren’t likely to be released until the very end of this month, and he’s hoping for a vote in early March.

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