David Paterson

Rahm Emanuel Meddling To Keep Paterson From Race

The Daily Beast | Lloyd Grove | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


President Barack Obama's amazingly awkward attempt to nudge damaged New York Gov. David Paterson out of the race to keep his job - as chronicled in la...

Paterson: Obama Administration Can't Get Anything Done Either

nydailynews.com | By Kenneth Lovett in Albany and Erica Pearson | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


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Rudy Giuliani Shouldn't Run Say Nearly Half Of New Yorkers In New Poll

Politicker NY | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York


ALBANY--A new poll gives a less-than-ringing endorsement of Rudy Giuliani's hopes for a statewide race, showing that nearly half of voters surveyed do...

Gov. Paterson Quiet After Lukewarm Intro By Obama

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.22.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. — As New York Gov. David Paterson's political vitality fades and a court decision over his lieutenant governor choice threatens to ...

Obama: David Paterson "A Wonderful Man"

AP | VALERIE BAUMAN | Posted 11.21.2009 | Politics


TROY, N.Y. — President Barack Obama is calling New York's embattled governor a wonderful man even as some Democrats want him to drop out of the ...

Obama To Visit Albany, Meet With Governor Paterson

saratogian.com | TOM CAPROOD | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York


Security will be especially tight around Hudson Valley Community College and parts of the Capital Region today as local authorities prepare for the ar...

Obama Throws Gov. Paterson Under the Bus

Dan Collins | Posted 11.21.2009 | New York


Dan Collins

Democratic voters might well prefer Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. But this hardly seems like the sort of situation that requires an emergency intervention by the most powerful person on the planet.

Obama Is the Boot, But the Foot Is All Local

John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York


John R. Bohrer

It's been the silent consensus of New York Democratic leaders for months now that Paterson needs to go. Paterson did not respond well to these critics, injecting race into the equation.

Paterson Planning 2010 Run, Ignoring Obama

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.20.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. — Gov. David Paterson isn't scrapping his plans to run for the office he inherited 18 months ago, despite growing pressure from Was...

Obama: Paterson Should Quit New York Governor's Race

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York


President Obama has asked an increasingly embattled Gov. David Paterson to bow out of the 2010 governor's race. Two senior administration officials...

Gov. David Paterson Endorses Bill Thompson For Mayor

New York Daily News | By Adam Lisberg and Frank Lombardi | Posted 11.19.2009 | New York


Days after officially becoming the Democratic candidate for mayor, city Controller William Thompson finally picked up the blessing of Gov. Paterson. ...

State Applies For $98 Million In Stimulus Funds For Moynihan

The New York Observer | Eliot Brown | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York


It's official: The Paterson administration has passed Washington, D.C., the collection plate for Moynihan Station. Earlier this week, the state submit...

MTA Accountability

Gene Russianoff | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York


Gene Russianoff

Eight leading civic groups sent a letter to Gov. Paterson in support of legislation creating oversight for the MTA budget. Let's hope he listens.

Paterson Vetoes Bills Aimed To Protect Disabled

1010Wins.com | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. (AP/ 1010 WINS) -- Several bills intended to protect the disabled from discrimination and abuse were among the 18 that New York Gov. Dav...

Richard Fife Picked To Be Governor Paterson's Campaign Manager

New York Times | Nicholas Confessore | Posted 11.18.2009 | New York


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...

The Impact of the Economic Crisis on New York City Business

Kathryn Wylde | Posted 11.14.2009 | New York


Kathryn Wylde

For small business, the recession will be a difficult trial, but it may turn out to provide the wake up call that New York City and State needed to support entrepreneurial companies.

Colin Powell Endorses Mayor Bloomberg At Brooklyn's West Indian American Day Parade

Huffington Post/AP | Posted 11.08.2009 | New York


NEW YORK -- Tens of thousands of revelers gathered in Brooklyn to celebrate Caribbean culture Monday at the West Indian American Day Parade, as bright...

Cuomo Is Said to Find No "Rogue Unit" in New York State Police

New York Times | NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 10.23.2009 | New York


An 18-month investigation by Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo into accusations of political interference at the State Police has found no evidence tha...

Wall Street Bonuses Were Good For State, Says Governor Paterson

New York Daily News | By Glenn Blain | Posted 10.20.2009 | New York


ALBANY - Gov. Paterson doesn't think it was such a great idea to go after all those Wall Street bonuses. Paterson Thursday took aim at a signature ...

Candidates Drug Use Not A Deal Breaker, But Hypocrisy On Issue Should Be!

Tony Newman | Posted 10.19.2009 | New York


Tony Newman

We have two candidates running for District Attorney of Manhattan, one the of the most powerful law enforcement jobs in the country, admitting to cocaine use.

Thompson Lets A Supporter's Criticism Of Paterson Speak For Itself

The Observer | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York


Bill Thompson supporter and labor leader Stuart Appelbaum complained loudly that the governor and state Democratic Party weren't doing more to help ou...

Spitzer Eyeing Return To Politics?

New York Post | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York


Disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer has been privately talking with friends about a possible comeback, and is considering a run for statewide office n...

Governor Paterson Sports A New Moustache (PHOTOS)

Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 10.17.2009 | New York


Gov. Paterson showed off his new beard-free look yesterday at a press conference for Jay-Z. Keeping only the moustache, Paterson is either trying to ...

Jay-Z To Give September 11th Benefit Concert In New York City

AP | MESFIN FEKADU | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York


NEW YORK — A benefit concert that rapper Jay-Z is planning for Sept. 11 is a step in the direction that his career – and life – is h...

David Paterson's Got A Bone To Pick

The Daily Beast | Posted 09.29.2009 | New York


New York's beleaguered governor talks candidly with Lloyd Grove about: •His critics: "In the middle of World War II, if we had a country full of ...