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NY State Senate Refuses To Deal With Deficit During Special Session

AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


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...

Paterson Calls Special Session To Deal With Budget Deficit

The New York Observer | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 10.26.2009 | New York


David Paterson is calling lawmakers back for a special session to deal with the budget deficit -- in November....

Gov. Paterson Insists He Didn't Take Shot At Obama

Politicker NY | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 11.23.2009 | New York


ALBANY - David Paterson insisted comments he made yesterday about Barack Obama's effectiveness in Washington were not a "shot" at the president. This ...

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...

Water Bottle Deposits To Start This Fall In NY

AP | MICHAEL VIRTANEN | Posted 11.11.2009 | New York


ALBANY, N.Y. — Mandatory deposits on water bottles are expected to start this fall in New York, while the Paterson administration considers chan...

Ex-Worker Says Senate Aide, Indira F. Noel, Had Carte Blanche With Gov. David A. Paterson

New York Times | DANNY HAKIM and NICHOLAS CONFESSORE | Posted 09.14.2009 | New York


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...

Leave Rockefeller Drug Law Reforms Alone

Anthony Papa | Posted 07.03.2009 | Politics


Anthony Papa

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.

Confidence in Caroline

Denise Dennis | Posted 01.19.2009 | Politics


Denise Dennis

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 ...