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ALBANY — Gov. Paterson has been cleared of criminal witness tampering, but he did use bad judgment when he contacted Bronx hospital worker Sherr-una Booker, who was involved in a violent domestic dispute with now-suspended Paterson aide David Johnson, an investigation by the Attorney General’s office released today has found. (more)

In 1978 the Shinnecock Indian Nation applied to be recognized by the Federal Government; the same year Roman Polanski skipped bail on rape charges. They are now getting some finality on both, so as you can see, the Feds are working through their inbox quite briskly. (more)

Gov. Paterson is counting on a Madonna-blessed higher power to lead him out of the mess in Albany. (more)

ALBANY — Gov. Paterson warned yesterday that the state could run out of money “in a month and a half” and threatened to cut short the Legislature’s summer vacation if lawmakers don’t pass a plan to pay the bills. (more)

For decades, government employees at every level have received steadily increasing compensation—including salary, pensions, and health care benefits—thanks to the political clout of public employee unions. Yet that era may be coming to a close. Years of profligacy have led to the vast majority of public pensions now being significantly underfunded. State and local governments can no longer avoid the problem. For that reason, 2010 may be remembered as a turning point for government employee compensation. (more)

The lead story in Sunday’s Washington Post, Obama pleads for $50 billion in state, local aid, confirms what we’ve been expecting for some time. The Obama Administration will continue to push for more bailout money to fill state budget holes created by rampant overspending and budget gimmicks. Not only will this measure increase the staggering federal deficit by $80 billion, it will allow frivolous appropriators at the state level to continue to ignore the structural problems in state budgets. (more)

ALBANY – A federal judge Friday barred Gov. David A. Paterson from furloughing 100,000 unionized state employees to help close the budget deficit. (more)

If he seeks higher office on a platform of fiscal conservatism, Tim Pawlenty will have the battle scars to prove it. (more)

ALBANY — Gov. David A. Paterson will ask the State Legislature to let him begin furloughing as many as 100,000 state workers each week until the stalled 2010 state budget is in place. (more)

So, the new book, “Losing Our Religion: The Liberal Media’s Attack on Christianity,” comes out on Tuesday, April 27. You’ll understand if I use this opportunity to share with you, my beloved diary readers here at The Daily Caller, some exclusive highlights. In particular, the really, really funny ones. (more)

With the 2010 elections little more than six months away, one thing is clear. After Election Day, New York will have a new governor. (more)

It’s a Sunday afternoon at a boxing gym in the heart of Brooklyn, and fighters and fans alike are gathered for the latest installment of the Underground Combat League, the City’s longest-running and often sole purveyor of unsanctioned fighting. Battles rage here and involve everything from boxing to karate, wrestling to jiujitsu, all for the sake of mixed martial arts, a sport some now prefer to call “Ultimate Fighting” but has also been labeled “human cockfighting”—or the end of civilization as we know it. (more)

The NY House seat left open by Rep. Eric Snorkel Massa will not be filled by a special election, Gov. David Paterson said today. (more)

ALBANY — The state Senate, voting along party lines, passed a budget blueprint Monday that leaves intact many of Gov. David Paterson’s cuts to education and health care but ignores a proposal to borrow $2 billion. (more)

From Elizabeth Benjamin at the NY Daily News: (more)

NEW YORK CITY — (more)

New York state Governor David Paterson’s political supporters will meet on Thursday to discuss whether he should resign in the face of mounting scandals. (more)

The state Commission on Public Integrity charged Gov. David A. Paterson on Wednesday with violating state ethics laws when he secured free tickets to the opening game of the World Series from the Yankees last fall for himself and others. The announcement came as the governor, already mired in scandal, met with his cabinet and insisted he would stay in office. (more)

No wonder Paterson pulled all kinds of strings in order to silence Booker: (more)

With New York Gov. David Paterson self-immolating, the New York political establishment has all but decided that crown prince Andrew Cuomo will ascend to the gubernatorial throne. (more)