WCBSTV - 26 minutes ago
For Governor David Paterson, it's business as usual, with a deliberate focus on the state budget. However, his administration is anything but stable following another resignation. This time it's acting State Police Superintendant Pedro Perez. It's alleged he also interfered with the Domestic Violence case against one of Paterson's top aides. Perez replaced Superintendent Harry Corbitt, who retired last Wednesday. Perez denied there was a connection between the case and his decision to step down,...
My Fox New York - 8 hrs 44 mins ago
MYFOXNY.COM - Archbishop Timothy Dolan of the Archdiocese of New York was in Albany Tuesday for a meeting with Gov. David Paterson. We asked him why a nice guy like him was doing a place like Albany.
"Not giving the Last Rites," he said, in his typical humor. In all seriousness, he said he was there to offer the invocation at the session of the Legislature and to speak to the Governor.
The archbishop told Paterson that he his praying for him.
"And he was very grateful for that," Dolan said.
The...
The Village Voice - 9 hrs 50 mins ago
No matter how or where he ends up, the lasting image of David Paterson will be the shot of him in his earnest-blue suit, right arm raised, swearing that he's always played it straight with us. "I never abused my office, not now, not ever," he said, his wife, Michelle, beside him looking ready to jump out of her skin. That was back on February 26, when, under siege from escalating scandal, he summoned the cameras to say that he'd decided not to run for election. Sighs of relief were instantly...