David A. Paterson

The Albany drama might have seemed to fit on the Court TV or SciFi channels. But Mr. Madore gives us an episode for the History Channel when he tells us that Gov. David A. Paterson invoked Martin Van Buren,......

Robo-calls about 50 seconds long have been going out this evening from Gov. David A. Paterson, carrying the same message from the East End to Queens and Brooklyn. "This is Gov. David Paterson," the familiar voice states, then tells you......

Especially with the state Senate crisis ebbing, Gov. David A. Paterson???s move to make Richard Ravitch his lieutenant governor looks now more like a rash and extra-legal political stunt than a sober government action. Paterson said his concern was...

Now there is another formal symmetry between the Democrats and Republicans in Nassau County: The county chairman becomes state chairman. Like the GOP's Joe Mondello, Jay Jacobs heads the state party in the absence of June O'Neill who according......

Former MTA Chairman Richard Ravitch, who headed the commission that ran into a frustrating time trying to sell the Legislature a financing package for the busted agency, is said to be the man to whom Gov. David A. Paterson will......

Mr. Madore updates us on the speculation that Gov. David A. Paterson will use his statewide television address to discuss appointment of a lieutenant governor: Paterson spokesman Peter Kauffmann has shot down a report that Paterson was poised to......

Now Gov. David A. Paterson plans to take to the airwaves to address the state Senate deadlock, the exact likes of which have never been seen even in Albany a.k.a. Trenton-on-the-Hudson. It has been noted that an address on......

Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, Governor David A. Paterson and local officials today opened the newest section of Brooklyn Bridge Park at Pier 6 and kicked off the Governors Island 2010 public access season. Mayor Bloomberg also announced new, free weekend...

New York may soon top the nation as the state with the highest cigarette taxes, if a preliminary deal between Governor David A. Paterson and lawmakers is approved. The new tax would boost the price of cigarettes by $1.60 across the state, raising the tax...

On the heels of the new tax on tobacco, Governor David A. Paterson is reviving a plan to bring more money to the state by allowing grocery stores to sell wine. Deemed less controversial than taxing soda or tobacco, this latest addition to the emergency...

Another Manhattan hospital is closing its doors, this time in Harlem. It has been just over two months since St. Vincent's Hospital closed up in Greenwich Village, and now North General Hospital is following suit. On Monday, Governor David Paterson...

As many expected, Gov. David A. Paterson's move to unilaterally appoint Richard Ravitch his lieutenant governor -- without an election, confirmation, or any other check or balance -- has been tentatively halted on the likelihood that it may be......