Can Paterson Learn From The Secret Race to Replace Jon Corzine?
Unfortunately for Paterson, he has disadvantages that Corzine did not: a contested primary next September and powerful leaders opposed to his renomination.
Unfortunately for Paterson, he has disadvantages that Corzine did not: a contested primary next September and powerful leaders opposed to his renomination.
nydailynews.com | Kenneth Lovett | Posted 10.29.2009 | New York
ALBANY - If his poll numbers stay in the tank, Gov. Paterson will "reassess" in early 2010 his decision to run for election, the Daily News has learne...
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....
Tony Newman | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York
For as long as I can remember, the conventional political wisdom had been that elected officials, especially Democrats, can't touch drug policy reform with a ten foot pole.
The Journal News | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York
Gov. David Paterson said Wednesday he wants to put a bill to legalize same-sex marriage to a vote during a special session within weeks....
newsday.com | Henry Goldman | Posted 10.22.2009 | New York
New York Democrats prefer Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to Gov. David A. Paterson next year by a 3-1 margin, while blacks favor Cuomo 2 to 1 over the...
nytimes.com | Danny Hakim | Posted 10.16.2009 | New York
Gov. David A. Paterson proposed billions of dollars in spending cuts on Thursday and raised alarms about New York's financial health as the state face...
New York Politics News, Reaction, and Analysis | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 10.11.2009 | New York
Swine flu is upon us. And New York has responded, in part, by spending over $19,000 on 546 hand sanitizer dispensers that are now dotting the walls of...
Anthony Papa | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York
Having felt the sting of the Rockefeller laws firsthand -- serving 12 years under a 15-years-to-life sentence -- I understand the full meaning of the reforms that went into effect today.
Dan Collins | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York
It's hard to believe anyone with leadership and public spirit would be willing to hang around Albany. Cynicism and despair aren't going to get us anywhere, but there are days when you find it hard to feel anything else.
newsday.com | Dan Janison | Posted 10.07.2009 | New York
One interesting notion drawing chatter on the political circuit: That Rangel would retire midterm, with party leaders paving the way for a poll-vexed ...
AP | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York
ALBANY, N.Y. — New York Gov. David Paterson is taking the word of the attorney general's staff that they had nothing to do with attempts to push...
nypost.com | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York
Gov. Paterson has privately accused Attorney General Andrew Cuomo -- his would-be replacement -- of "wiring up" President Obama's unprecedented attemp...
New York Daily News | Glenn Blain in Syracuse and Kenneth Lovett in Albany | Posted 09.24.2009 | New York
Embattled Gov. Paterson for the first time Wednesday opened the door to not running for election next year - while his wife attacked President Obama f...
Politicker NY | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 09.23.2009 | 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 ...
AP | MICHAEL GORMLEY | Posted 09.22.2009 | 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 ...
Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 09.20.2009 | 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...
New York Daily News | By Adam Lisberg and Frank Lombardi | Posted 09.19.2009 | New York
Days after officially becoming the Democratic candidate for mayor, city Controller William Thompson finally picked up the blessing of Gov. Paterson. ...
New York Times | Nicholas Confessore | Posted 09.18.2009 | 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...
Huffington Post | David Weiner | Posted 09.25.2009 | New York
Governor Paterson's claims of racist mistreatment by the media seem to have fallen on deaf ears in New York and beyond. The New York Times reports ...
New York Daily News | Kenneth Lovett | Posted 09.21.2009 | New York
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson said Friday he knows the reason behind the "crescendo" of calls for him not to seek re-election next year: it's because he's bl...
Politicker NY | Jimmy Vielkind | Posted 09.19.2009 | New York
ALBANY--"Governor Paterson is having a rough time," State Senator Liz Krueger, a liberal, loyal Democrat, told The Observer during a break before a le...
Politicker NY | Azi Payabarah | Posted 09.18.2009 | New York
David Paterson said he would be more concerned about his bad poll numbers, but there are simply too many polls for him to care. Paterson also said tha...
City Hall News | Edward-Isaac Dovere | Posted 09.12.2009 | New York
After an event Tuesday afternoon, Gov. David Paterson told reporters that he was not ready to announce an endorsement in the mayoral race. " haven't ...
New York Times | RAYMOND HERNANDEZ | Posted 09.11.2009 | New York
As he prepares to run for re-election, Representative Michael E. McMahon, a Democrat from Staten Island, is burdened with having to campaign in a dist...
John R. Bohrer | Posted 11.06.2009 | New York