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NEWS ABOUT: Albany

Albany stories: 13 news summaries

 Rupe Disses 
 'in-the-Dark' 
 Blind NY Gov 

Murdoch: Paterson 'doesn't really know what's going on'

Nov 18, 09 6:54 AM CST
(Newser) - Continuing his streak of casually slamming black Democrats, Rupert Murdoch yesterday said New York's blind governor, David Paterson, "can't read braille and doesn't really know what's going on." Murdoch's comments about Paterson, coming a week after he agreed with Glenn Beck that President Obama is a racist, support... More »

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Rupert Murdoch • blindness • David Paterson • Albany • Gary Ginsburg • murdoch paterson • murdoch paterson braille

Feuding Senate Has NY State Seeing Double

'Farcical' legislators make mayhem; gov blasts proceedings

Jun 24, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York got two state senates for the price of one yesterday as lawmakers held side-by-side sessions, with each party passing its own bills, the New York Times reports. Dems got to the chamber first and locked out Republicans. When the GOP was finally allowed in, members were barred from... More »

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politically incorrect • circus • state senate • David Paterson • Albany • New York state • New York State Senate

(Newser) - Starting May 31, New Yorkers will have to pony up $2.50 to ride the bus or subway—even as the city’s public-transit system sees cutbacks in routes and schedules, the Daily News reports. Today’s vote by the Metropolitan Transit Authority to enact its so-called “doomsday budget”... More »

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New York City • budget gap • MTA • New York City Subway • Albany • financial crisis • fare hike

Spitzer Slammed for Smearing Political Rival

He may have lied
about Troopergate, Albany DA says

Mar 28, 08 8:51 PM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer was more involved a smear campaign against political rival Joe Bruno than he cared to admit, according to a report today. Spitzer's answers to investigators were possibly "not truthful," Albany District Attorney P. David Soares said—but Soares is not seeking prosecution, in part due to... More »

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Eliot Spitzer • Andrew Cuomo • political scandal • Troopergate • Albany • Joe Bruno • P. David Soares • Darren Dopp

Long Island Talks Secession From New York

County official irked over getting stiffed by Albany on funding

Mar 28, 08 5:36 PM CDT
(Newser) - Officials on Long Island have initiated a study on the economic feasibility of its secession from New York state, Newsday reports. While acknowledging the difficulties of establishing a 51st state, Suffolk County Comptroller Joseph Sawicki said the proposal is really about examining what Long Island contributes to greater New York,... More »

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Suffolk • Long Island • secession • tax revenue • Albany • New York state • comptroller • Joseph Sawicki

 I Used Cocaine: NY Governor 

Spitzer's successor under fire again

Mar 25, 08 4:37 AM CDT
(Newser) - One week after revealing he had extramarital affairs, New York Gov. David Paterson has also admitted using marijuana and cocaine. Patterson used drugs in the 70s when he was 23, he said in an interview on TV news channel New York 1. Paterson, the state's first black and first blind... More »

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New York • cocaine • budget • marijuana • Eliot Spitzer • drug abuse • political scandal • David Paterson • Silda Wall Spitzer • Albany • Michelle Paterson • NY1 • Inside City Hall

 New NY Gov Admits Affair 

Paterson and wife were both unfaithful for years

Mar 18, 08 5:30 AM CDT
(Newser) - David Paterson, who succeeded Eliot Spitzer as governor of New York yesterday, has his own history of extramarital relations. He and his wife Michelle admitted in a joint interview with the New York Daily News that they were unfaithful during a rocky period in their 15-year marriage. But both denied... More »

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sex scandal • marriage • Eliot Spitzer • affair • infidelity • David Paterson • Albany • Michelle Paterson

NY Swears In New Gov; Paterson Calls for Unity

New head of state is funny but also solemn

Mar 17, 08 2:00 PM CDT
(Newser) - David Paterson was sworn in as New York’s governor this afternoon and gave a speech that mixed humor and solemnity, the Albany Times-Union reports. “I never expected to have the honor of serving as governor,” said New York’s first black governor, who repeatedly stressed the importance... More »

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New York • doctor • Eliot Spitzer • budget deficit • endowment • David Paterson • Albany

Incoming Gov. No Stranger to Establishment

Spitzer successor Paterson is known as progressive, conciliator

Mar 12, 08 1:32 PM CDT
(Newser) - He's nothing like the New York governor who precedes him, but David Paterson brings skills that could take him far in Albany—and question marks, too. The lieutenant governor had been ready to move into Hillary Clinton’s Senate seat, Politico reports, but arrives instead at the statehouse with a... More »

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Hillary Clinton • New York • Eliot Spitzer • Harlem • David Paterson • Albany • progressive

 Spitzer Resigns,
 Effective Monday 

'The remorse I feel will always be with me,' New York governor says

Mar 12, 08 10:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Eliot Spitzer, with his wife again at his side, announced his resignation in a short press conference this morning. The New York governor apologized for his "private" misconduct, again without making direct reference to the prostitution scandal that has ended his political career. "I am deeply sorry that... More »

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New York • sex scandal • resignation • Eliot Spitzer • scandal • David Paterson • prostitution ring • Emperors Club • Silda Wall Spitzer • Albany • Joe Bruno

Gov. 'Met 8 Women for $80K Sex'

He was a 'good tipper,' says purported Spitzer 'escort'

Mar 12, 08 6:26 AM CDT
(Newser) - New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer had eight or more trysts with prostitutes from the Emperors Club escort agency over the last several years, a source has told Newsday. The sexual encounters, costing as much as $80,000 in cash, unfolded in hotels in Washington, Florida and elsewhere. Spitzer allegedly paid... More »

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sex scandal • Eliot Spitzer • wiretap • Internal Revenue Service • prostitute • political scandal • prostitution ring • call girls • call girl ring • IRS Criminal Investigation Division • Emperors Club • wire transfer • QAT Consulting Group • Suspicious Activity Report • Albany • Mayflower Hotel

NY GOP Threatens Impeachment

Opponents put governor's feet to the fire

Mar 11, 08 11:18 AM CDT
(Newser) - If Eliot Spitzer doesn’t resign, state Republicans will impeach him. Assemblyman James Tedisco says he’s asked the governor to step down within 48 hours, CBS 2 in New York reports, adding, “I think that’s plenty of time.” Spitzer is currently holed up with his advisors... More »

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New York • impeachment • Eliot Spitzer • David Paterson • Albany

Bloomberg May Take on Spitzer

Source tells
NY Post the mayor
is pondering a 2010
run for Albany

May 8, 07 5:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - It may not be Pennyslvania Avenue, but Mike Bloomberg is seriously weighing a run for Albany's top job, a senior Republican operative has told the New York Post. "On two occasions in recent weeks, the mayor brought up the possibility of running for governor, of running against Spitzer in... More »

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Republican • New York • Michael Bloomberg • mayor • Eliot Spitzer • Election 2008 • Albany

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