- The MTA wants to ruin our lives and take all our money. Tell me something I don’t know. But the fact that they’re predictable doesn’t make the $104 Metrocard any less painful.
- Jerry Garcia’s house is for sale. The listing photos. Are. Hilarious. Trust us. Sneak preview above.
“I’m looking at the calendar each day and I’m so sad … he is working soooo hard,” wrote Karen Boykin-Towns to one of Governor David Paterson’s top aides, David Johnson, on Jan. 22.
It was the Friday of what had been a very bad week in the press for those rooting for Mr. Paterson–lackluster poll Read More
For the moment, bargain-hunting smokers can still hike upstate to Indian reservations for cheap cartons of cigarettes — and David Paterson is less than pleased. In June, the Governor signed the far-reaching bill that would force retailers on reservations to buy cigarettes at fully taxed wholesale prices. The ordinance was set to go into effect Wednesday, Read More
Nicotine-fiending New Yorkers may stop making the trek upstate in search of cheap cartons. A ruling yesterday by a Buffalo judge put down an effort fronted by the Seneca Indian Nation to keep the cigarettes sold on Indian reservations tax-free, the Post reports. Gov. Paterson, concerned over the number of smokers who make the pilgrimage to avoid Read More
On a call with reporters today, which Governor Paterson held to chat about the completed budget, the lame-duck governor was asked about what he now views as his legacy.
Acknowledging he hadn’t yet done much introspection, he took a Chris Christie-esque line—albeit with less zeal—and pointed to his proven record as a budget slasher:
“In Read More
Here’s how low the bar is in Albany these days: There was a collective sigh of relief on the second floor of the State Capitol last week when a report about the conduct of the governor and his aides concluded that they exercised poor judgment, but they didn’t commit a crime.
In a Read More
Gov. David Paterson is not expected to face charges in the domestic violence case involving a former aide that led to his decision earlier this year not to seek reelection. News that the governor has been cleared of law-breaking spread wide ahead of a Wednesday report that concludes a four-month investigation into the governor’s actions Read More
Gov. Paterson just signed a bill outlawing the NYPD’s stop-and-frisk database, and comparing the practice to the Alien and Sedition Acts, Japanese Internment, and The Patriot Act as “moments where liberty took a back seat.
And each time, hindsight made our errors clear,” he said. “Today, we have an opportunity to set the scales Read More
What do Governor Paterson and
Arts groups miss mayoral money. [WSJ]
Brian Williams, whatta guy. Playing softball and buying drinks. [NYP]
Apple has an announcement to make. Will they be recalling the iPhone? [CNN]
Have the Clintons outgrown Chappaqua? [NYT]
Best use yet of “Read More
The City Council’s Black, Latino and Asian Caucus has sent a letter to Gov. David A. Paterson urging him to sign legislation that would outlaw the NYPD’s practice of retaining the personal information of people who are stopped and frisked but not arrested or summoned.
“Maintaining the personal information of these individuals found to be Read More
