David A. Paterson

Gov. David A. Paterson Friday lauded Mayor Michael Bloomberg???s fiscal management of New York City while mildly criticizing the budget cuts that state lawmakers agreed to earlier this week. Paterson noted that the city has cut its budget by 2.5......

Albany bureau chief JT Madore catches Gov. Paterson going off on the legislature this morning. This is the way you exit the Spitzer era and generate better relations? What will Speaker Sheldon Silver (left) have to say? "Gov. David......

In the wake of a veteran state assemblyman being arrested for taking $500,000 in illegal payments, Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver will push for overhauling ethics requirements. "The speaker supports changes in ethics and disclosure rules and will be...

For years, New York City officials and the bistate Port Authority engaged in high-profile clashes over reconstruction of Ground Zero and other projects. Now Bruce Blakeman is in the unusual position of campaigning for the Republican mayoral nomination -...

James Madore in Albany reports: State Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith called Tuesday for the Legislature to reconvene in a special session to tackle the crisis on Wall Street. Smith (D-Queens) asked Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Rockville...

From our Albany Bureau Chief JT Madore: Hempstead lawyer Frederick Brewington has been appointed to the commission who will recommend the next chief judge and associate justices of the state Court of Appeals. Gov. David A. Paterson announced the...

All politics is local -- and Paterson remembers the lesson today. In a smart move, as Congress and the WH hash out an unprecedented $1 trillion federally backed facility to take over bad mortgages from banks, Paterson writes Treasury's Paulson......

The Long Island Rail Road has a comparatively astounding -- and plainly suspicious -- number of disability claims that lead to fatter pensions, compared to other transit systems, according to an in-depth New York Times story here. Reacting to the......

Gov. Paterson announces formation of a working group from LIPA and Con Ed to analyze the proposal for a wind farm off Queens. Release after the jump.......

Not sexy, but interesting, maybe even productive: Paterson launches a regional initiative to combat global warming by auctioning off CO2 allowances at the NY Merc. Read the release after the jump.......

Paterson calls for a leaders meeting on Friday, Oct. 3, to discuss the state's fiscal crunch. Full text of release after the jump.......

Gov. Paterson has, with some success, raised his profile during the Wall Street crisis. He's got a statement out now calling on Congress to act on the negotiated package, fast. After the jump.......