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 11/14/08 in Daily Intel
Election Hair of the Dog
Chris Smith on Hillary, Paterson, and Who’s Next
If Clinton does indeed take the secretary of State post, what happens here in New York State?
Posted 11/10/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
David Paterson Facing a World of Trouble Over Budget Cuts
Faced with opposition and a stubborn refusal on the part of the Legislature to provide budget-cut ideas, Paterson leaps into the void, alone.
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 10/28/08 in Daily Intel
The Greatest Depression
Paterson: Projected State Budget Deficit Has Grown to $12 Billion
That's more than double the projected deficit from August.
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 10/22/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Dean Campaign Officials Don’t Quite Remember Charles O’Byrne
The tax-scandal-ridden Paterson aide is frequently listed as a former speechwriter for the Howard Dean campaign. But two sources there can't quite remember what he was up to.
Posted 10/21/08 in Daily Intel
Party Lines
Governor Paterson ‘Would Accept’ O’Byrne Resignation
The governor says he supports his chief of staff, but wouldn't stop him from leaving if he wanted to.
Posted 10/20/08 in Daily Intel
Early and Often
Newspapers Skeptical on Paterson Aide’s ‘I Was Too Sad to Pay Taxes’ Line
Depression may hurt your friends and family, but in the end, it just doesn't hurt the IRS.
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 10/16/08 in Daily Intel
Gossipmonger
Oh, Peter Cook. The Teen Sex Tape? Really?
Poor ‘Page Six’ had to look at gross hard-core pictures of Christie Brinkley’s ex with his teenage girlfriend.
Posted 10/09/08 in Daily Intel
Gossipmonger,
Everybody Felt Very Weimar at Celerie Kemble’s Spiegeltent Birthday Party
Plus, Anna Wintour has yet another crush, and Jon Stewart said Sarah Palin is like Jodie Foster in ‘Nell.’ In the gossip roundup.
Posted 10/03/08 in Daily Intel
Gossipmonger
Madonna and A-Rod Eat at Dos Caminos (But Deny It), Paterson and Bloomberg Eat in the Bronx
Also, people are scared they'll be kidnapped at Scary Spice's marriage-vows renewal in Egypt. In today's gossip roundup.
Posted 09/15/08 in Daily Intel
Scenes From a Meltdown
New York Allows AIG to Borrow $20 Billion
But it's not a bailout! says Governor Paterson. (Not yet.)
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