Is It Time for a Tom Suozzi Comeback?
The Washington 'Post' picks him as the odds-on favorite to replace Hillary Clinton in the Senate. It's time for a walk down memory lane...
Posted 11/21/08 in Daily Intel
Governor Awesome
Paterson’s Magic Carpet Ride
Smack in the middle of the state budget crisis, the guv dropped almost $40K on Turkish rugs. But maybe that's okay?
Posted 11/19/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Screwing the State Is Fun and Hilarious!
Dean Skelos, David Paterson, and Sheldon Silver laughed it up in Albany yesterday.
Posted 11/18/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Paterson Appoints Peter J. Kiernan As Chief Counsel
The New York lawyer will now be a powerful adviser to the governor.
Posted 11/18/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
State GOP Tries to Outmaneuver Paterson
Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos tries to kill Paterson's budget cuts with an early vote, leaving the governor scrambling.
Posted 11/17/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Paterson’s Weekend: Bad For Budget, Good for Velazquez
As State Senate Republicans hold up budget talks, Paterson gives an indication of who might replace Hillary Clinton if she is appointed Secretary of State.
Posted 11/11/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Anti-Gay State Senator Chooses Opposition to Marriage Equality Over Party
Ruben Diaz Sr. says the only issue keeping him out of the Democratic caucus is their pesky insistence to support gay rights.
Posted 11/03/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Poll Gives Great News to State Senate Dems, Except Leader Malcolm Smith
According to a poll from the weekend, Democrats are set to take over the State Senate for the first time in 43 years. Unfortunately for current minority leader Smith, some people don't want him to stick around to see it happen.
Posted 10/31/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Will Paterson’s Budget Strategy Help or Hurt Him?
Democrats are divided over whether Paterson's wait-and-see-the-proposals approach is the best way to tackle the budget gap.
Posted 10/29/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Paterson on the Budget Deficit: ‘We Are Going to Need Federal Assistance’
Mr. Paterson is going to Washington. Meanwhile, on the home front, there's already a game of chicken going on between him and the legislature over who will cut first.
Posted 10/28/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Governor Skywalker Would Beat Darth Giuliani in State Race, Poll Says
Because of his prescient attempts to stave off even worse budget deficits, Paterson is popular in New York City and with conservatives upstate.
Posted 10/27/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Charles O’Byrne Out, Other Paterson Aides to Follow?
After Paterson's chief of staff resigned on Friday, the 'Post' reports that more reshufffling may be on the way.
Posted 10/20/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
A Giuliani-Paterson Matchup Would Be Like ‘Luke Skywalker Against Darth Vader’
The 'Times' reports that the former mayor is weighing a run for Albany in 2010.
Posted 09/09/08 in Daily Intel
Governor Awesome
Paterson Makes Dracula Joke, Legislators Go for the Jugular
Republican legislators are up in arms over a comment made by the lovable gov.
Posted 08/25/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Sheldon Silver Is a ‘Glorious Flute’
In Chinatown, they have a special nickname for the assembly speaker, who represents the district.
Posted 08/21/08 in Daily Intel
In Other News
State Assemblyman to Intern: I Want to ‘See Your Ducks’
Salacious (and slightly confusing) e-mails between Buffalo legislator Sam Hoyt and a 19-year-old intern have us sniggering over our English Breakfast tea.
Posted 08/20/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Paterson Gets Albany Budget Cuts, But Not As Many As Hoped
Having forced the State Legislature to reconvene over economic issues, the governor made progress — but critics argue it wasn't nearly enough.
Posted 08/18/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Mario Cuomo Helped Investment Firm Being Probed by Son Andrew
The State Attorney General can’t be pleased his dad is hooking up a firm that he suspects is getting too much help from politicians.
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