Kenneth Lovett
The Archive
STATE BUDGET DEAL ON THE FAST TRACK
March 31, 2008 | 6:54amALBANY - With the state budget deadline looming tonight, Gov. Paterson and legislative leaders said they expect lawmakers to begin passing measures today that would increase spending by as much...
NO SPENDING PLAN, NO CONGE$TION TALKS: SHEL
March 31, 2008 | 6:54amALBANY - The State Assembly will not even consider the controversial congestion-pricing plan until a new state budget is passed, Speaker Sheldon Silver privately told his members, The Post learned...
GOV GOES ONLINE TO RAISE SALES TAX
March 30, 2008 | 9:17amALBANY - Online shoppers could soon be paying sales taxes as part of the new state budget being negotiated by Gov. Paterson and the Legislature. Lawmakers are considering a proposal...
GOV BUDGET BLOW TO $TRAPPED-HANGERS
March 29, 2008 | 8:25amGov. Paterson is taking an ax to the MTA's operating budget, leaving straphangers vulnerable to fare hikes or service cuts in the near future, officials claimed yesterday. The new governor...
AIDE'S WIFE: TOP PLOTTERS SCREWED UP
March 29, 2008 | 8:25amALBANY - The wife of Eliot Spitzer's former communications director lit into a top Spitzer aide for mishandling the Dirty Tricks Scandal, telling him a couple of housewives could have...
5% SPENDING HIKE NEAR IN STATE BUDGET
March 28, 2008 | 7:41amALBANY - Despite what Gov. Paterson says is now a recession, he and legislative leaders yesterday announced the framework of a state budget agreement that would increase spending by nearly...
GOV PUTS KIBOSH ON RAISES FOR STATE POLS
March 27, 2008 | 7:34amALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday gave a thumbs-down to raising state lawmakers' pay, saying the timing isn't right, given the worsening economy. "I don't think the state can really afford...
PATERSON TRAVELED WITH MISTRESS TO BOOST HILL
March 26, 2008 | 7:26amALBANY - Gov. Paterson recently twice traveled with an ex-girlfriend to campaign for Hillary Rodham Clinton. Paterson, when he was lieutenant governor, and Lila Kirton, director of community affairs for...
PATERSON'S EXCUSE IS SIMPLY INN-CREDIBLE
March 25, 2008 | 7:53amALBANY - Gov. Paterson yesterday put the blame for his 13 Albany hotel stays on his predecessor, disgraced Gov. Eliot Spitzer, for forcing him to attend early-morning meetings and events...
PATERSON'S INN TROUBLE
March 24, 2008 | 7:22amALBANY - Despite owning a house less than 20 minutes from the state Capitol, Gov. Paterson, as lieutenant governor, routinely used taxpayer money to stay at nearby hotels, The Post...
DAVE'S FISHY $1,000 PAYOUT
March 21, 2008 | 8:30amGov. Paterson's campaign-finance reports show he paid $1,000 to a woman who says she barely knows him, didn't work for him and never received any money, The Post has learned....
GOV AXES SPITZER'S DIRTY TRICKS TOP COP
March 20, 2008 | 7:38amALBANY - Acting State Police Superintendent Preston Felton, a key figure in the Eliot Spitzer Dirty Tricks Scandal, yesterday was forced out by Gov. Paterson, The Post has learned. In...
DAVID BARES DIRTY HAREM
March 19, 2008 | 7:13amALBANY - Just one day after taking office, Gov. Paterson yesterday admitted to cheating on his wife with "a number of women," inclunding one who currently works in his new...
SICK PATAKI YES, SICKO SPITZER NO
March 17, 2008 | 7:11amEliot Spitzer will not be at the state Capitol today when he turns over the reins to David Paterson - but the former governor whom Spitzer gratuitously insulted during his...
'HEALER' REPLACES HEEL
March 17, 2008 | 7:11amALBANY - David Paterson will offer a "healing tone" when he becomes New York's 55th governor today, a week after a sensational call-girl scandal forced predecessor Eliot Spitzer from office,...
PATERSON: I'LL STICK WITH HILL
March 15, 2008 | 8:26amALBANY - Governor-in-waiting David Paterson revealed yesterday that Barack Obama had called him, but the state's incoming chief executive told him he's still with Hillary Rodham Clinton. Paterson remains a...
PATERSON: EASY ON ELIOT
March 14, 2008 | 7:07amALBANY - Governor-to-be David Paterson yesterday said that disgraced Gov. Spitzer has suffered enough and shouldn't face criminal prosecution or prison time. But Paterson - facing the media for the...
NEXT LEADER ALREADY ROUNDING UP TROOPS
March 13, 2008 | 6:29amALBANY - David Paterson spent his first day as governor-in-waiting at his Albany-area home, reaching out to state leaders while his top aides planned for a lightning-quick transition and dealing...
HOW HORNDOG SET THE MOOD
March 12, 2008 | 8:18amALBANY - Gov. Spitzer apparently wanted to set the mood with his high-priced call girl with a little music, The Post has learned. Shortly before his pre-Valentine Day's Washington, DC,...
70% OF NYERS SAY GO
March 12, 2008 | 8:18amALBANY - A whopping 70 percent of New Yorkers - including 65 percent of Democrats - say Gov. Spitzer must resign after revelations that he had sex with a high-priced...