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Gov. Paterson: Don't blame scandals for stalled budget in Albany

ALBANY - Gov. Paterson insisted the scandals swirling around him aren't to blame for stalled budget talks in Albany - it's the Legislature's fault. "I have put it out there, nobody else has," Paterson told Daily News columnist Errol Louis on WWRL-AM ...

From KENNETH LOVETT CHIEF, New York Daily News,  12 Mar 2010
Related Topics: David A Paterson,  Andrew Cuomo

Controversial Aqueduct racino deal is officially dead

Rendering of AEG's now defunct plan for a 'racino' at the Aqueduct Raceway. ALBANY - The state has officially pulled the plug on a controversial group chosen to run a planned racino at Aqueduct Racetrack. "The Division of the Lottery has concluded ...

From KENNETH LOVETT CHIEF, New York Daily News,  11 Mar 2010
Related Topics: David A Paterson,  Aqueduct Entertainment Group

Top Hevesi official pleads guilty in pension scandal, agrees to sing to Cuomo

Loglisci is the highest-ranking Hevesi official to plead guilty during the nearly three-year probe. David Loglisci, who was Hevesi's chief investment officer, has agreed to dish to investigators for Attorney General Andrew Cuomo on a culture of ...

From KENNETH LOVETT CHIEF, New York Daily News,  10 Mar 2010
Related Topics: David Loglisci,  Andrew Cuomo

Aqueduct racino deal on verge of getting scratched

Jay-Z and Rev. Floyd Flake have pulled out of the Aqueduct racino project. Gov. Paterson has recused himself and the Rev. Floyd Flake (below) has walked away from Aqueduct video slots deal. ALBANY - The group chosen to run the Aqueduct racino ...

From KENNETH LOVETT CHIEF, New York Daily News,  10 Mar 2010
Related Topics: David A Paterson

Paterson accepts resignation of police chief Pedro Perez, 4th victim to succumb to Gov's scandal

New York Governor David Paterson has so far refused to talk about Perez's move ALBANY - The state’s top cop is out after just seven days on the job, the fourth victim to succumb to the scandals swirling around Gov. Paterson. State Police First ...

From KENNETH LOVETT CHIEF, New York Daily News,  9 Mar 2010
Related Topics: David A Paterson,  Harry Corbitt

Controversial Rev. Floyd Flake drops out of Aqueduct racino deal

Rev. Floyd Flake (below) dropped out of the controversial racino deal at Aqueduct Raceway. ALBANY - Influential Queens Rev. Floyd Flake is giving up his role in a group picked by Gov. Paterson to run the Aqueduct racino, the Daily News has learned. ...

From KENNETH LOVETT CHIEF, New York Daily News,  9 Mar 2010
Related Topics: David A Paterson

State investigators say Aqueduct racino mess is growing

Officials were shocked when Gov. Paterson picked politically connected AEG to run the Aqueduct racino. ALBANY - State investigators have uncovered a slew of eyebrow-raising oddities in their probe of the tainted Aqueduct racino deal, the Daily ...

From KENNETH LOVETT CHIEF, New York Daily News,  9 Mar 2010
Related Topics: David A Paterson,  David Rose

Ravitch, Cuomo discuss plans if Paterson resigns

Do you think Gov. Paterson should resign now? ALBANY - Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Friday secretly met with Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch to talk about the budget and how to move forward should Gov. Paterson leave office, the Daily News has learned. It ...

From KENNETH LOVETT CHIEF, New York Daily News,  6 Mar 2010
Related Topics: David A Paterson,  Richard Ravitch,  Andrew Cuomo

Paterson public support in freefall; fewer than half of NYers want guv to finish term: poll

Voters by just a 46-42% margin say the governor should serve until the end of the year rather than resign sooner, Quinnipiac University poll found. ALBANY - Public support for Gov. Paterson is in freefall, with now less than half of New Yorkers ...

From KENNETH LOVETT CHIEF, New York Daily News,  5 Mar 2010
Related Topics: David A Paterson,  Quinnipiac University,  Al Sharpton,  Andrew Cuomo,  Richard Ravitch

Black leaders call emergency meet on Paterson future

A group of prominent black leaders will meet Thursday night in Harlem to discuss whether scandal-plagued Gov. Paterson should resign, a source told the Daily News. ALBANY - A group of prominent black leaders will meet Thursday night in Harlem to ...

From KENNETH LOVETT CHIEF, New York Daily News,  4 Mar 2010
Related Topics: David A Paterson,  Al Sharpton

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