David Paterson

SNL Takes On David Paterson Scandal (VIDEO)

Posted 02.28.2010 | Comedy

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No matter where you stand on Fred Armisen's Obama impression, there's no debate that his David Paterson is pure gold. Portraying him as somewhat of an...

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NY Democrats Offer Governor All-Expenses-Paid Trip to SeaWorld

Andy Borowitz | Posted 02.27.2010 | Comedy

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In a surprising show of support for their embattled standard-bearer, the New York State Democratic Party today offered Gov. David Paterson an all-expenses-paid trip to SeaWorld.

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Friday Talking Points [113] -- Republican Reconciliation Hypocrisy

Chris Weigant | Posted 02.28.2010 | Politics

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As the dust settles on the aftermath of the health reform summit, not much has changed. Not that anyone really expected anything to change, much, to be honest.

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Governor David Paterson: The Highlights And Lowlights

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 02.26.2010 | New York

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Governor David Paterson may go down as having the strangest governorship in New York state history, if not American history. Stepping into office in ...

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The Times Does It Again!

Ruth Hochberger | Posted 02.26.2010 | New York

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As we observe the shifting of the journalistic landscape, a vote of gratitude and respect is due The New York Times, which has brought down two New York governors inside of two years.

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David Paterson Needs to Find a New Job

Dan Collins | Posted 02.27.2010 | New York

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The strange craziness that began with the rumors that the New York Times was looking into his sex life has now reached a point that even most of David Paterson's harshest critics never expected.

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Richard Ravitch Governor? If Paterson Resigns It Could Happen

Posted 02.26.2010 | New York

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Richard Ravitch, Governor of New York? The prospect of Ravitch becoming governor is a very real possibility, should Gov. David Paterson resign due ...

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Paterson Won't Run In 2010

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 02.27.2010 | New York

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NEW YORK — Less than a week after declaring he would seek a full four-year term, New York Gov. David Paterson abruptly dropped his election bid ...

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Paterson To Quit Governor's Race: Report [UPDATE]

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 02.27.2010 | New York

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UPDATE 9:51 am: With his steadfast denials weakening, the New York Daily News reports that Governor Paterson will not seek reelection. The beleaguere...

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Governor Richard Ravitch -- Now More Than Ever

David A. Singer | Posted 02.26.2010 | New York

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We need Governor Ravitch now. He's the adult in the room. Ravitch has the gravitas, trust and respect of elected officials from both parties.

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Governor Paterson Pressured To End Election Bid

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY and CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 02.26.2010 | New York

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NEW YORK — Despite calls from leading Democrats to step aside, Gov. David Paterson said Thursday he won't drop his election bid amid a growing s...

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Denise E. O'Donnell Resigns: Top Paterson Cabinet Member Resigns In Wake Of State Trooper Scandal

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 02.25.2010 | New York

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A top cabinet official for Governor David Paterson has resigned in the wake of reports that the governor and state troopers had inappropriate contact ...

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Steve Israel Tells Paterson To Drop Out: Congressman Tells Governor That There's 'Life After Albany'

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY and CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 02.26.2010 | New York

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NEW YORK — Despite calls from leading Democrats to step aside, Gov. David Paterson said Thursday he won't drop his election bid amid a growing s...

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The Discreet Nonchalance of Public Servants Who Beat Their Women

Nina Burleigh | Posted 02.25.2010 | New York

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Paterson's intervention in the David Johnson case, Hiram Monserrate, Scott Lee Cohen's nomination in Illinois -- all are symptoms of a casual national attitude toward violence against women.

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David Johnson Suspended: David Paterson Aide Under Investigation For Domestic Violence

AP | Posted 02.25.2010 | New York

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ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson has suspended a close aide and is asking for an investigation by the attorney general after a published repor...

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David Paterson Called Alleged Beating Victim To Protect Top Aide, New York Times Reports

New York Times | WILLIAM K. RASHBAUM, DANNY HAKIM, DAVID KOCIENIEWSKI and SERGE F. KOVALESKI | Posted 02.24.2010 | New York

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Last fall, a woman went to court in the Bronx to testify that she had been violently assaulted by a top aide to Gov. David A. Paterson, and to seek a ...

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Paterson Travel Expenses Come Under Scrutiny

nydailynews.com | By Kenneth Lovett and Stephanie Gaskell | Posted 02.24.2010 | New York

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A good-government group is demanding a probe into one of Gov. Paterson's controversial campaign trips to Florida, the Daily News has learned. The New...

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Ruben Diaz Sr. Blames Paterson's Thin Crowds On Support For Gay Marriage

The New York Observer | Azi Paybarah | Posted 02.23.2010 | New York

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Rev. Ruben Diaz Sr., who has made a career of giving his Democratic colleagues more than a little agita, put out a statement that seems to blame Gover...

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Here Lies Willets Point

David Vines | Posted 02.23.2010 | New York

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Daniel Sambucci opened up shop in Willets Point fifty-nine years ago. Now when Sambucci, 79, looks across 36th Avenue, he finds himself under the ominous shadow of a $900 million baseball stadium.

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Public Hospitals Fear Huge Loss In State Money

nytimes.com | ANEMONA HARTOCOLLIS | Posted 02.22.2010 | New York

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The city's public hospital system, the largest in the nation, is facing a fiscal crisis because New York State is threatening to cut its financing for...

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Paterson: 'I'm The Teflon Governor'

nytimes.com | JEREMY W. PETERS | Posted 02.22.2010 | New York

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Paterson Launches Election Bid On Long Island

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 02.22.2010 | New York

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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — David Paterson launched his campaign for a full four-year term as governor Saturday with a combative campaign speech that mock...

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Episode #10 of Two Beers In, NYC's Political Podcast

Ryan J. Davis | Posted 02.22.2010 | New York

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On this week's episode of CitizeNYC's Two Beers In, hosts Greg Palmer and Ryan J. Davis talk about renaming the Freedom Tower to One World Trade, New ...

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New York's Accidental Governor Runs For Full Term

Dan Collins | Posted 02.20.2010 | New York

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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.

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Hempstead Scene Of Paterson's Bid For Governorship

AP | FRANK ELTMAN | Posted 02.19.2010 | New York

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HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. — Weeks after becoming the state's first black governor, David Paterson made a triumphant return to his childhood alma mater, He...

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