Who is This?

Fredric Uberall Dicker is a long time columnist for the New York Post. He is the state editor for New York since 1982 where he has covered Hugh Carey, Mario Cuomo, George Pataki, and Eliot Spitzer. In October 1987, Dicker was shoved out of the offices of the New York State Assembly House Operations Committee by a senior aide to the then Assembly Speaker Mel Miller. A 2005 New York Observer story on Dicker stated that he is a "political institution in his own right" and his reporting "regularly drives news coverage". Dicker broke the Troopergate scandal in July 2007.

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More budget talks

ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson and state lawmakers were in tense talks last night in yet another attempt to reach agreement on the governor's plan to slash state spending by $3.2 billion in order to prevent the state from running out of cash. The talks kicked ...

From FREDRIC U. DICKER, New York Post,  24 Nov 2009

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'They all hate each other'

The public budget bat tle between Gov. Paterson and the Legislature's Democratic leaders tells only half the story: They're fighting like cats and dogs in private as well. Sources in Paterson's office and at the Legislature told The Post of a rising ...

From FREDRIC U. DICKER, New York Post,  23 Nov 2009

Related Topics: U.S. Democratic Party,  David A Paterson,  Sheldon Silver

Cut, then run, gov urges pols on budget

ALBANY -- Frustrated after weekend negotiations failed -- again -- Gov. Paterson last night sent a written appeal to all 212 members of the Legislature, urging them again to take action on the state's looming $3.2 billion deficit. "The warnings are ...

From FREDRIC U. DICKER, New York Post,  23 Nov 2009

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Albany threatened with credit crunch

ALBANY — Moody’s Investors Service warned yesterday that New York will likely see its bond rating cut and its “stable outlook” downgraded if it doesn’t get behind Gov. Paterson’s effort to cut state spending. The credit-rating agency, in a statement ...

From FREDRIC U. DICKER, New York Post,  21 Nov 2009

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Poll: Cuomo favored against Paterson in 2010 gov race

ALBANY -- The momentum behind Attorney General Andrew Cuomo making a bid for governor is rising among potential voters, according to a poll released today. Among Democrats statewide, 72 percent said they would support Cuomo if the Democratic primary ...

From FREDRIC U. DICKER, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Andrew Cuomo,  U.S. Democratic Party,  David A Paterson,  Rudy Giuliani

Paterson threatens furloughs, layoffs amid budget crisis

ALBANY – Gov. Paterson warned today that he’s considering everything from furloughs to layoffs to delayed payment state bills as he faces a recalcitrant Legislature unwilling to cut state spending. To emphasize his point, Paterson also released a ...

From FREDRIC U. DICKER, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

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Non-NY nups are gay-OK

ALBANY -- New York's high court yesterday unanimously upheld the actions of the state Civil Service Department and Westchester County in recognizing same-sex marriages performed in other states. The Court of Appeals, in a narrowly written decision, ...

From FREDRIC U. DICKER, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

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Pols hit the road - & leave Dave in lurch

ALBANY -- State lawmakers walked out on Gov. Paterson yesterday, abandoning a special legislative session meant to cut New York's looming $3.2 billion deficit. Senate Democratic Conference leader John Sampson of Brooklyn abruptly canceled what was ...

From FREDRIC U. DICKER, New York Post,  20 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David A Paterson,  Carl Kruger

Gov strike$ out again

ALBANY - Gov. Paterson failed again yesterday to get lawmakers to agree on a plan to cut $3 billion in state spending -- even as New York voters were expressing disgust with Albany's dysfunction. A new Marist College poll found 69 percent of New York ...

From FREDRIC U. DICKER, New York Post,  19 Nov 2009

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New Yorkers worried state will run out of cash: poll

ALBANY – New York voters are paying a lot of attention to the state’s on-going budget crisis and they are overwhelmingly worried that the state will run out of cash, a new poll out today shows. The Marist College survey found 69 percent of New Yorkers ...

From FREDRIC U. DICKER, New York Post,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: David A Paterson

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