New York's governor has terrible taste in friends. He should really stop hiring them. Adviser and ex-roommate Clemmie Harris was accused of beating his girlfriend in 1995, making his the second Paterson aide abuse revelation in under a month. [NYPost]

The New York Times' David Paterson story centered on his drug-dealing, allegedly abusive staffer David Johnson. But Paterson also employs Clemmie Harris, an adviser who collects $30,000 a year on disability and doesn't appear to live in New York.