albany

Paterson Presser Pushed to 3

Pareene · 02/26/10 01:02PM

The David Paterson press conference will actually maybe happen at 3, in order to give the governor more time to make an erratic and unpredictable decision about his future.

Face-Slashing New York State Senator Expelled

Ravi Somaiya · 02/10/10 05:40AM

Hiram Monserrate, who was charged with a misdemeanor assault for dragging his girlfriend around and slashing her face with broken glass, was voted out by 53-8 as a result. He said it was an injustice to those who elected him, and that he'll appeal. [NYP]

New York City Just Gives Up on Subway Service

Pareene · 11/20/09 02:17PM

The new $11 billion operating budget is actually just an ominous warning that in a year—or maybe a few months—the Transit Authority will once again cite the need to hike fares in order to strong arm Albany in finding a newer, more regressive way of funding operating costs.

Introducing the David Paterson 2010 Campaign

Pareene · 11/06/09 12:47PM

First of all: two awesome TV ads. Governor Paterson looks so much more professional clean-shaven, right? We miss the mustache though. The first ad is all "I never asked to be governor and also I have too won some political victories" and the second one is mostly "look, you don't actually know anything about this man, so we will tell you that he was very smart and went to Columbia and stuff."

Public Teat Suckled

Hamilton Nolan · 08/11/09 09:36AM

Self-serving scumbag New York State Senate gridlock-promoter Pedro Espada's son just got a newly-created $120K/year state "intergovernmental relations" job, which, his spokesman confirms, is "not a case of political nepotism." Shut up, whores. [NYP]