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By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Mar. 3, 2010 - 10:45 am
Huffington Post contributor Dave Colavito takes aim at Gov. Paterson's decision to spend $6 million on the Concord resort project.
The Concord project is on life-support, and that's being generous, considering it's been a year since any pulse has been... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Monday, Mar. 1, 2010 - 11:18 pm
Gov. Paterson directed two state employees to contact the woman who accused his aide David Johnson of assaulting her, the New York Times just reported.
By WP Newsroom on Thursday, Feb. 25, 2010 - 2:26 pm
Denise O'Donnell, NY's Deputy Secretary for Public Safety, just resigned.
The Times-Union is wondering what to call the latest gubernatorial scandal. We're going with "Battergate."
By WP Newsroom on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2010 - 11:30 pm
The story questions Paterson's role in a possible coverup of domestic violence accusations against aide David Johnson.
Many details of the governor’s role in this episode are unclear, but the accounts presented in court and police records and interviews... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 23, 2010 - 2:59 pm
State senator John Bonacic is stirring populist ire against the MTA payroll tax.
"The MTA is virtually useless to the overwhelming number of Orange County residents, and the MTA tax amounts to taxation without transportation," said Bonacic, whose... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Friday, Feb. 19, 2010 - 12:44 pm
State parks are taking a huge fiscal hit in the Governor's budget. The Albany Times-Union has a full list of state parks the Paterson administration is recommending closing or scaling back. It's a long one.
On the list: the Robert V. Riddell State Park... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Wednesday, Feb. 10, 2010 - 10:36 am
The Gov. tells Don Imus this morning:
I'm black, I'm blind, and I'm still alive.
Rumors about a damning New York Times story about the Governor are flying in Albany, but the actual story has yet to materialize--prompting one Newsday columnist to quip... Read more
By Lissa Harris on Friday, Feb. 5, 2010 - 8:43 pm
A rumor is flying around Capitol news types that the New York Times is working on a potentially devastating story about the Governor. The Times-Union has more:
Someday, a sociologist might be able to use an analysis of the rumors currently flying around... Read more
By WP Newsroom on Tuesday, Feb. 2, 2010 - 8:32 pm
And he did: Gov. Paterson vetoed an ethics reform bill today, claiming it didn't go far enough.
"While there are positive aspects of this legislation, it does not go far enough in addressing the corrosive effects of outside influence and internal decay... Read more
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