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December 2nd, 2010

ALBANY — There are some dark days ahead for outgoing Gov. Paterson. (more)

August 19th, 2010

Gov. PatersonĀ on Wednesday night said finding a compromise over the controversial mosque planned for near Ground Zero would represent “a magic moment in our history.” (more)

August 18th, 2010

Gov. PatersonĀ has an urgent message for the developers of a planned mosque near Ground Zero: Lets talk relocation. (more)

August 17th, 2010

Rep. Pete King’s camp tells me he spoke with Gov. David Paterson this morning and that the governor said he is meeting later this week with the developer and leader of the ground zero-area mosque project to discuss the possibility of moving it to an alternate site. (more)

August 15th, 2010

Albany – Sponsors of the proposed mosque near Ground Zero are not slamming the door on Gov. Paterson’s idea to build the center someplace else. (more)

July 28th, 2010

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)

July 16th, 2010

Gov. Paterson today is expected to sign a controversial bill that would delete an NYPD database with the names of hundreds of thousands of people who were stopped and frisked but never arrested, sources said. (more)

July 9th, 2010

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)

June 19th, 2010

ALBANY – Gov. Paterson gave the Legislature another take-it-or-leave-it proposal Friday – this time over a whopping hike in cigarette taxes. (more)

May 28th, 2010

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

March 4th, 2010

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)

March 3rd, 2010

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)

February 26th, 2010

(Feb. 26) — Gov. David Paterson of New York dropped his bid for election this afternoon, bowing to political pressure from leading Democrats amid anemic poll numbers and a new investigation into his administration's response to a domestic abuse claim against one of his top aides. (more)

February 26th, 2010

Embattled Gov. Paterson has pulled the plug on his election bid, a source close to the governor said Friday. (more)

February 11th, 2010

In the midst of swirling rumors of a soon-to-be published bombshell story, New York Gov. David Paterson (D) said Wednesday that criticism of him has been motivated by his race. (more)

February 10th, 2010

However grim things get for Governor David Paterson, people continue to give him money. (more)

February 6th, 2010

Rumors have been circulating on and off for the past two weeks that the New York Times is about to reveal some scintillating new details about New York governor David Paterson’s private life. Since Paterson already admitted the day after his inauguration that he (and his wife) have had extramarital affairs, many are predicting that these new allegations will be far worse for the governor, who came to power after his predecessor Eliot Spitzer took things too far with a prostitute. (more)

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