1.0 link 228475 <![CDATA[NY Lieutenant Governor: GOP Gets Court To Suspend Paterson's Plan]]> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/07/09/ny-lieutenant-governor-go_n_228475.html (AP) Republicans say they've secured a court order suspending Gov. David Paterson's plan to appoint a lieutenant governor to preside over the gridlocked New York Senate.

GOP Senate spokesman John McArdle said Thursday that a judge in Nassau County issued the order overnight. He says it temporarily suspends Paterson's plan to have Richard Ravitch provide a tie-breaking vote and preside over the Senate.

The governor's office did not immediately return a call for comment.

Ravitch says he was sworn in at 8 p.m....

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