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12/21/10 Ever since Gov. David Paterson released his budget earlier this year calling for a reduction in school aid, there have been newspaper articles almost weekly on the devastating effect this would have on education.
12/21/10 New York Gov. David Paterson contradicted his staff, the Yankees and common sense when he falsely claimed he always intended to pay for five tickets to the first game of the 2009 World Series at Yankee Stadium, a state commission said in assessing him a $62,125 fine. In a report released Monday, the Commission on Public Integrity said Paterson performed no ceremonial function at the game, which ...
12/20/10 Part of Gov. David Paterson's final batch of member items is earmarked for causes dear to some of his politically connected friends, who are also close to Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo, according to records and interviews. Alexandra Stanton, a senior policy adviser to Paterson when he was Senate minority leader and an appointee in his administration, is board vice president of the museum. In his 20 ...
12/20/10 As he's set to leave office in less than two weeks, talk of Gov. David Paterson's legacy has centered on his rise to office, budget battles with the legislature and pesky scandals he couldn't quite seem to shake.
12/18/10 ALBANY -- The crowd roared for more than a minute when David Paterson took the podium in the ornate Assembly chambers on that memorable day March 17, 2008.
12/16/10 David Paterson said this morning that Mayor Michael Bloomberg told him that he should appoint himself to the U.S. Senate back when the governor spent a number of weeks casting about for a sucessor to Senator Hillary Clinton. "I don't think that was just a private conversation. He was pretty open about that," Paterson told John Gambling. "But here is what I told the mayor: Of the last ten ...
12/15/10 Gov. David Paterson's decision to archive his papers at Cornell University came with a $250,000 grant the state's official archivist said could have been avoided, and no guarantee of when and how the documents will be made public. Budget Director Robert Megna signed off on the spending the day after Paterson blasted legislators for failing to act on a $315 million midyear budget deficit. On ...
12/14/10 The Otisco Town Board has voted unanimously to impose a six-month moratorium on hydrofracking, two days after Gov. David Paterson issued an executive order Saturday prohibiting the hydraulic fracturing process of drilling for natural gas until at least July 1....
12/13/10 New York Gov. David Paterson has signed an executive order halting the controversial natural gas drilling process called hydraulic fracturing until July 1. The process --- also known as "fracking" -- has come under scrutiny because of its alleged harmful effects on underground drinking water and the environment -- although industry leaders have insisted it's safe.
12/13/10 All eyes will be on Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo when he takes the reins from Gov. David Paterson, according to local residents on either side of the gas drilling debate.
12/13/10 An aide to New York Gov. David Paterson who was accused of domestic violence, an incident that embroiled Paterson in scandal, has been terminated.
12/13/10 Gov. David Paterson said Monday that he should have fired all staffers "potentially involved" in spreading unfounded rumors about Caroline Kennedy after she dropped out of contention to be appointed U.S. senator.
12/12/10 GOV. David Paterson on Saturday issued an executive order that prohibits the natural gas drilling process known as hydraulic fracturing in New York state until at least July 1, 2011.
12/08/10 Add Gov. David Paterson to the list of officials who want the Delaware River Basin Commission to delay or stop the release of its gas-drilling regulations.
12/06/10 View full sizeMike Groll / APNew York Gov. David Paterson answers questions during a news conference in Albany on March 3. A report published in the Albany Times Union says New York Gov. David Paterson doled out $16.7 million in...
12/06/10 Even as he urged lawmakers to help him cut spending, Gov. David Paterson last week quietly authorized $16.7 million in grants from a fund he controls -- to pay for chess tournaments in New York City, foreign trade offices in Chile and Australia, and to promote a New Jersey Super Bowl in four years with the National Football League. In an act one policy analyst called "outrageous," Paterson's ...
12/04/10 "There's a lack of grocery stores around here," said Mike Baynard, 64, a retired maintenance worker and resident of South Mall Towers. Baynard's part of Albany is what experts call a food desert -- an area where many residents lack access to a full-service grocery store with fresh meat and produce. Gov. David Paterson in September announced the creation of a $30 million partnership between ...
12/04/10 Associated Press - December 4, 2010 1:45 PM ET ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) - Now in his final weeks as New York's governor, David Paterson says he believes his administration was the target of an...
12/04/10 ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) -- Now in his final weeks as New York's governor, David Paterson says he believes his administration was the target of an "orchestrated" smear campaign.
12/01/10 Don't bet on OTB. The first layoff notices went out Tuesday for more than 1,000 workers at the city's Off-Track Betting Corp. as New York governor David Paterson charged ahead with a doomsday plan for the bankrupt bookmaking agency, the New York Post reported Wednesday.
11/30/10 The Legislature decided not to address a $315 million budget deficit in its special session Monday even after the state comptroller said inaction would make New York's fiscal crisis worse by requiring even deeper cuts in coming months. Addressing the latest deficit was the main purpose of the session called by Gov. David Paterson, although lawmakers [...] | 
