Attorney General Andrew Cuomo has stepped aside in the ethics investigations of Governor David Paterson. Cuomo has named former State Chief Judge Judith Kaye to look into the two scandals plaguing the governor. Reports say that Paterson allegedly helped cover up a domestic violence investigation involving his top aide and allegedly lied under oath about [...]
Republican gubernatorial hopeful Rick Lazio received a boost of political support Wednesday from former governor George Pataki. Pataki, a three-term governor, said Lazio is the right choice to clean up the dysfunctional government in Albany. “I believe the right person, the best person for the party, and more importantly for the state, is Rick Lazio,” [...]
The state’s top cop is out after just seven days on the job – the fourth victim of the scandals swirling around Gov. Paterson. State Police First Deputy Superintendent and interim boss Pedro Perez abruptly announced his retirement Tuesday, a week after former chief Harry Corbitt quit March 3 to flee the firestorm. “My retirement [...]
On his first trip to the state’s scandal-scarred Capitol, New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan had a message that government isn’t the savior for society’s ills. Dolan says the scandals show people must look for answers spiritually, not through government. It’s the first visit to Albany by a New York archbishop in 12 months, almost to [...]
One day after two high-profile investors pulled out of the project, there’s word the deal to bring thousands of video slots to Aqueduct racetrack could be scratched as early as today. According to the Daily News, Aqueduct Entertainment Group – the group chosen to run the racino – has failed to clear all the state’s [...]
New York Gov. David Paterson is pressing a state spending cap on a reluctant Legislature and pushing back against his lieutenant governor’s reported plan to borrow billions over several years to escape a fiscal crisis. Paterson says Tuesday that spending is the state’s top problem and it must be curbed or capped before resorting to [...]
New York Gov. David Paterson is vowing to serve out his term, in spite of growing calls for him to resign amid two scandals. Speaking at a Brooklyn church on Sunday, Paterson said he was determined to run the state through the end of the year. He told congregants at Cornerstone Baptist Church in Brooklyn [...]
New York’s Senate Republicans want a public airing of the deal for video slot machines at the Aqueduct racetrack in Queens, and Assembly Minority Leader Sheldon Silver has asked the state inspector general to review it. Silver, Gov. David Paterson, and Senate Democratic conference leader John Sampson selected the consortium Aqueduct Entertainment Group from among [...]
Parents who rely on free after-school programs and communities that benefit from keeping unsupervised teens off the street could lose out if New York lawmakers approve $11 million in program cuts proposed by Gov. David Paterson. With less than two months before the state budget is due, advocacy groups are raising their voices and holding [...]
Just more than two weeks ago, the overwhelming majority of both the state Senate and Assembly passed an ethics reform bill. Governor David Paterson called it weak then and, on Tuesday, made good on his promise to veto the plan. “I think we can do better. I think the people of the State of New [...]
