From the 2005 Paterson report that Ben put up (and which Liz unearthed this week), some interesting detail about the views of Charles O'Byrne, then the head of press operations who went on to become Paterson's closest confidante and enforcer.
From the section detailing an interview of O'Byrne by the report's authors: Read More
From the 2005 Paterson report that Ben put up (and which Liz unearthed this week), some interesting detail about the views of Charles O’Byrne, then the head of press operations who went on to become Paterson’s closest confidante and enforcer.
From the section detailing an interview of O’Byrne by the report’s authors:
“Thinking Read More
Charles O'Byrne had some pointed advice for his former boss David Paterson during their Feb. 21 meeting.
Off with their heads.
According to a well-placed source, Mr. O'Byrne, the former chief of staff and powerful consigliere who left the governor's office under the cloud of a tax scandal, told Mr. Paterson to act quickly and Read More
Charles O’Byrne had some pointed advice for his former boss David Paterson during their Feb. 21 meeting. Off with their heads. According to a well-placed source, Mr. O’Byrne, the former chief of staff and powerful consigliere who left the governor’s office under the cloud of a tax scandal, told Mr. Paterson to act quickly and Read More
It wasn’t a popular position, but months ago we argued in this space that Charles O’Byrne ought to remain in Albany as Governor David Paterson’s right-hand man. Turns out we were right: Mr. O’Byrne is coming back. That’s good news for an administration that has been listless since Mr. O’Byrne’s departure.
Mr. O’Byrne, of Read More
ALBANY—Last night, David Paterson insisted that his former top aide Charles O’Byrne is not a consultant and will not advise the governor on the activities of government.
“He’s a volunteer, and we haven’t decided what his role will be,” Paterson said in a subdued tone last night after speaking to the Conference of Mayors. Read More
ALBANY—Last night, David Paterson insisted that his former top aide Charles O'Byrne is not a consultant and will not advise the governor on the activities of government.
"He's a volunteer, and we haven't decided what his role will be," Paterson said in a subdued tone last night after speaking to the Conference Read More
–compiled by Azi Paybarah and Jimmy Vielkind
The second coming of Charles is gaining more and more steam.
Asked by reporters just now at a health clinic on the Upper West Side, Paterson said he reached out to O'Byrne yesterday, but they haven't connected.
"We tried to reach each other after the Post editorial," Paterson said. "A lot of very Read More
David Paterson knows things are bad.
On the afternoon of Feb. 19—the day the
Asked at an event at the Harvard Club whether he agreed with the premise of the editorial, that his administration was in such disarray that it called for a measure as drastic as the return of a man who Read More
