New York Gov. David Paterson’s (D) office is sifting through thousands of applications by detainees awaiting deportation who hope to be pardoned by the governor, hurrying to make pardon recommendations before Paterson’s term ends on Dec. 31, The New York Times reports. The pardon initiative only applies to More…
Yesterday, New York State comptroller Thomas DiNapoli announced that New York will end its fiscal year at the end of March with a $2 billion budget shortfall. Concurrently, Governor David Paterson announced that he would delay paying New Yorkers’ tax refunds until after the start of the new More…
The news that Gov. David Paterson (D-N.Y.) won’t seek a full term of his own in the wake of a new scandal reminds me of this TV ad that Paterson and gubernatorial nominee Eliot Spitzer ran in 2006, and which first became darkly ironic when Spitzer resigned More…
The New York Daily News reports Gov. David Paterson (D-N.Y.) will announce today his decision to end his re-election campaign amid new controversies.
During the holiday season, we are reminded to remember the less fortunate among us. In that spirit of empathy, TWI has compiled a list of the ten least successful politicians of 2009 — those most in need of our thoughts.
It’s from the New York Republicans, who are demanding (with no chance of success) a special election to replace Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, who is President-elect Barack Obama’s nominee for secretary of state.
Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco, a Schenectady Republican, warned that filling vacancies without an election is
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