Andrew Cuomo claimed yesterday that he -- not bombastic, bomb-throwing Buffalo developer Carl Paladino -- is the real Tea Party candidate for governor...
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson on Tuesday signed into law the first extensive domestic workers' rights measure in the nation, which...
PBS | Posted 05.25.2011
Patricia always wanted to have a baby, but her doctors told her she never would. Instead, she worked as a nanny, caring for someone else's child. She ...
Posted 05.25.2011
Gov. Paterson sees a connection between the stabbing of Muslim cab driver Ahmed Sharif and the fervor over the proposed Islamic Center near ground zer...
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson said Monday he'll meet with Archbishop Timothy Dolan to discuss a mosque and Islamic community center planned...
AP | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — Developers of an Islamic cultural center and mosque near ground zero say they never planned to meet with New York Gov. David Pate...
Posted 05.25.2011
Archbishop Timothy Dolan thinks there's room for compromise in the mosque near Ground Zero debate. "My major prayer is that what has turned into so...
AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson violated ethics laws by soliciting five World Series tickets last year from the New York Yankees, a ...
nydailynews.com | By Kenneth Lovett | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson admitted Monday for the first time that he does not think he could have beaten Andrew Cuomo in a Democratic primary. In a reve...
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — A day after a special prosecutor cleared Gov. David Paterson of allegations that he tampered with a witness who had accused a top...
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nydailynews.com | By Oren Yaniv and Glenn Blain | Posted 05.25.2011
Gov. Paterson is preparing to slash the state's workforce. Escalating his battle with public employee unions, Paterson said Monday planning for layof...
dnainfo.com | Posted 05.25.2011
MANHATTAN -- Gov. David Paterson is making one last push for his soda tax plan in the state budget. Paterson will reportedly reintroduce the plan dur...
Ethan Nadelmann | Posted 05.25.2011
David Paterson has signed legislation to limit the NYPD practice of storing personal information on innocent New Yorkers who are stopped-and-frisked but not charged with any crime.
Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011
The fight over the budget in Albany is impossible to explain, and even if I tried to do so, it would just make you feel terrible about New York's wretched politics. So let's stick to the question of selling wine in grocery stores.
Dan Collins | Posted 05.25.2011
If being governor of New York was a normal job, David Paterson might have made a go of it. But in Albany, it's the legislature that rules. To have any influence on that clan of bozos, a governor has to be very able and very tough.
Steve Ettlinger | Posted 05.25.2011
As Forest City Enterprises markets bonds for Atlantic Yards in Brooklyn -- which includes the most expensive basketball arena in the country -- I'm struck by how tenuous the whole thing is.
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — With New York drowning in deepening deficit spending and running out of cash to pay huge bills due next month, the Legislature me...
The New York Observer | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 05.25.2011
David Paterson is calling lawmakers back for a special session to deal with the budget deficit -- in November....
Politicker NY | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY - David Paterson insisted comments he made yesterday about Barack Obama's effectiveness in Washington were not a "shot" at the president. This ...
New York Times | Nicholas Confessore | Posted 05.25.2011
Showing his intention to keep his job, Gov. David A. Paterson announced on Thursday that he had selected Richard Fife, a longtime New York political o...
AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY, N.Y. — Mandatory deposits on water bottles are expected to start this fall in New York, while the Paterson administration considers chan...
New York Times | DANNY HAKIM and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 05.25.2011
ALBANY - A former Senate employee who is suing the state over his dismissal in 2007 said on Thursday that he had testified under oath this week that h...
Anthony Papa | Posted 05.25.2011
District Attorneys and Republican Senators, who were the main opponents of the reforms, have struck back. They are now seeking to mount a campaign to repeal the reforms.
Denise Dennis | Posted 05.25.2011
If selected by Governor Paterson, Caroline Kennedy would make an excellent United States senator from the great state of New York. She has lived in ...
nypost.com | FREDRIC U. DICKER in Albany and JENNIFER FERMINO in NY | Posted 05.25.2011