Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 7 hours ago
With a state tax debt of more than $19 million, Gui Hong Chen could help Gov. David Paterson a lot. But the Rev. Al Sharpton and a host of car dealers statewide could also pitch in to fill New York’s massive budget deficit. According to lists of the top 200 corporate scofflaws and top 200 personal [...]
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
If there is any doubt about whether Gov. David Paterson is pushing ahead with his plans for a joint address of the Legislature on Monday, that should be wiped away by this sign-up sheet posted in the Legislative Correspondents Association press room. As is the case with the State of the State Address, it’s for [...]
Right, Wing-Nut! (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
New York's accidental governor, David Paterson - he of the one good eye, primarily used to keep a look-out for potential mistresses - made the national news back in September when the Kingmaker himself, Barack Obama, told him to step off in 2010 : National Democratic Party leaders have asked Gov. David Paterson to consider withdrawing from the 2010 governor's race, according to two senior New York...
Horserace (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
In Newly Released Ads, Embattled New York Governor Says He Will Run for a Full Term
Blue Jersey: Covering NJ like a rug (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Promoted by Jason Springer: Here is JRB's take. The White House wants David Paterson out of the running for New York's 2010 gubernatorial election. Paterson hopes they'll reconsider. Because hey -- it worked for Jon Corzine . In early August, David Axelrod and Patrick Gaspard met at a New York City hotel with Corzine's campaign staffers, asking whether or not the incumbent governor could actually...
Political Ticker (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Paterson is going up early with two campaign ads. (CNN) - In what may be an effort to quiet speculation he will drop his bid for a full term, embattled New York Gov. David Paterson is hitting the airwaves with a major ad buy intended to reintroduce himself to voters. Just under a year before Election Day, [...]
The COFFEE SHOP (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Like him or not, this is a gutsy move, and the right thing to do. Party hacks from any level should not be able to tell a citizen that they cannot run for the People's Offices. Whether Paterson himself is a Party tool is irrelevant at this point. ◼ Paterson Empowered By Obama's Election Woes - Gov. Still Plans To Run Despite President's Request He Not - Brings President Clinton's Former Deputy...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
New York Gov. David Paterson (D) isn't just running television ads in an attempt to improve his popularity and run for re-election. According to WCBS-TV , he's "bringing on board campaign powerhouse Harold Ickes, who was former President Bill Clinton's Deputy Chief of Staff."
ABC News (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
New York Governor David Paterson releases new ads for re-election.
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/06/2009
Here's a bit of a surprise: New York Gov. David Paterson (D), still suffering from terrible job approval numbers, just released his first re-election advertisements. Key line: "When you become governor, you learn you will make a lot of mistakes." Ben Smith notes the ads are "aimed at improving his low poll numbers and signaling his determination to seek another term in office."...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/04/2009
Steve Wynn has advised the Paterson administration that he has dropped out of the race for the rights to develop a major racino at Aqueduct Raceway, his spokesman said today. Gov. David Paterson now has five competitors from which to choose. Wynn left almost a week after Paterson’s people required all bidders to say if they [...]
Daily Intelligencer - New York Magazine (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
As the State Commission on Public Integrity begins an inquiry into Governor David Paterson's allegedly unethical attendance at a World Series game, it's worth recalling Mayor Rudy Giuliani's exponentially more long-lasting, fruitful, and unethical relationship with the Yankees. Giuliani was always at Yankee games, but as the Village Voice 's Wayne Barrett reported a couple of years ago, he only paid...
The Daily Politics (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
Gov. David Paterson was up bright and early this morning to cast his vote (presumably for the mayoral candidate he endorsed , fellow Democrat Bill Thompson) at PS 175 in Harlem. According to his public schedule, released last night, the governor was expected to arrive at the polling site at 8 a.m. He has no other public events today. I take to mean he won't be showing up at any of the Democratic Election...
Political Wire (Free subscription) | 11/03/2009
New York Gov. David Paterson (D) "secretly solicited five free tickets to last week's World Series opener, in apparent violation of the state ethics law, even while publicly claiming it was the Yankees who had 'invited' him to the game," reports the New York Post . "When initially asked about the freebies, Paterson spokesman Peter Kauffmann said the governor was personally offered the...
Capitol confidential (Free subscription) | 11/02/2009
Gov. David Paterson just put out a breakdown of the $18 billion in federal stimulus funds committed to the state thus far. While many of the images surrounding the stimulus program, also known as the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, are of road reconstruction and other heavy infrastructure improvements, this report points out that a [...]
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