David Paterson

Governor David Paterson asked Attorney General Andrew Cuomo for legal alternatives concerning the chief judge nominees list. With Chief Judge Judith Kaye retiring from the State Court of Appeals this year, a state panel submitted a list of candidates to replace her--the state constitution says...  

President-elect Barack Obama's choice of U.S. Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton for Secretary of State will probably turn out to be a far easier chore than Governor David Paterson's job of selecting someone to replace Clinton as New York State's junior senator.  

Gov. David Paterson says he's "outraged"there are no women on the short list to become New York's next chief judge and he asked Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to investigate legal alternatives to the choices offered by the Commission on Judicial Nomination  

Gov. David Paterson, who has repeatedly refused calls to increase taxes to soften the blow of his proposed deep budget cuts, apparently has not developed an across-the-board hatred of all taxes since he abandoned his liberal legislator ways in favor of a more centrist and (to his mind) statewide...  

Gov. David Paterson has asked AG Andrew Cuomo to help him explore his legal options when it comes to the seven chief judge candidates sent to him by a judicial nominating commission, but acknowledged he's likely to select from that all-male and nearly all-white list of contenders this time around...  

Gov. David Paterson is reportedly poised to announce, in conjunction with AG Andrew Cuomo, that he will change his displeasure with the chief judge recommendations made by the Commission on Judicial Nomination (headed by a Pataki confidant, John O'Mara) into action by challenging the entire...  

Here's pollster Lee Miringoff at his home base of Marist College in Poughkeepsie last night, discussing the "huge, huge" dilemma facing Gov. David Paterson at the moment: Who should he pick to replace Hillary Clinton as New York's junior senator? Miringoff couldn't help but note the enormous...  

Georgia Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss coasted to an easy victory, denying the Senate Democrats a 60-seat filibuster-proof majority. Barack Obama will name New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson to head the Commerce Department at a Chicago news conference today. Obama teased Gov. David Paterson...  

Gov. David Paterson, upset with the choices a judicial screening panel gave him to nominate a new chief judge of the state's highest court, today asked Attorney General Andrew Cuomo to help determine if there ...  

Gov. David Paterson touched on a range of topics in answering questions from the news media at the National Governor’s Association meeting in Washington this week.   —On U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton, who has been nominated to be President-elect Barack Obama’s secretary of state, Paterson said...  

WASHINGTON - Gov. David Paterson isn't close to naming a successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton's U.S. Senate seat, but on Tuesday he revealed which Democrats will help him decide.  

Many Americans were outraged by the dramatic bailouts in the headlines of late, but fewer seem outraged by the constant flow of corporate welfare at the federal, state and local levels.  Some New Yorkers have filed suit against the State of New York, Governor David Paterson, Senate Majority...  

NEW YORK - New York Gov. David Paterson has famous names to choose from in picking a replacement for Sen. Hillary Clinton, including a Kennedy, a Cuomo and even another Clinton, as in the former president of the United States. Paterson also may ...  

There's a big to do over the lack of diversity in the list of chief judge nominees sent to Gov. David Paterson by the Commission on Judicial Nomination, despite the fact that the governor appears to be legally locked in to choosing from among the seven all-male and mostly white contenders to...  

Dec 2, 2008 5:03 pm US/Eastern New York Gov. David Paterson isn't close to naming a successor to Hillary Rodham Clinton's senate seat, but on Tuesday he told The Associated Press which Democrats will help him ...