Democratic primaries are dominated by labor unions and liberal-leaning voters, but the five Democrats vying to become the state’s next attorney general made their case to New York’s business community this morning at the Crain’s Breakfast Forum. And all tried to tailor their largely liberal policy agenda into something that would ultimately benefit the Read More
After a candidates’ forum in the midtown offices of business law firm Duane Morris this evening, three of the attorney general candidates reacted to the news that one of their rivals in the race, State Senator Eric Schneiderman, had been accused of a hit-and-run while leaving the NY1 studio last night.
“Like everyone else, Read More
So, here’s a bit more about AG candidate Eric Dinallo and his relationship with AIG, which I thought would be a hindrance to his campaign but, actually, may be an asset.
Dinallo was the superindent of insurance in New York when the AIG collapsed, taking with it a ton of taxpayer dollars. But Read More
John Del Cecato, the guy who made ads for the last two winning attorney general candidates, signed on to work with Eric Dinallo.
Del Cecato worked on Andrew Cuomo’s campaign in 2006 and, four years earlier, he did the same for Eliot Spitzer (who was running for re-election as AG at the time). Del Cecato Read More
Eric Dinallo, who was nominated and then confirmed as Superintendent of Insurance for New York State under Eliot Spitzer, then resigned to become a professor at N.Y.U., emailed supporters to say he raised $1.75 million for a prospective run for attorney general. Dinallo said that includes “$1.3 million in just the past six weeks.”
$1.3 Read More
ALBANY—After a series of departures from multiple corners of his administration, David Paterson announced a spate of adjustments and re-jiggerings in his administration .
Marty Mack, who had been serving as deputy secretary for intergovernmental affairs, is now the appointments secretary. Marissa Shorenstein has been promoted to press secretary to replace Errol Read More
So, here’s a little background on that much-loved investigatory tool, the Martin Act, which Eliot Spitzer used in his anti-fraud cases and Andrew Cuomo will use in his probe of Alan Hevesi’s alleged pension scam.
The person who blew the dust off the long-forgotten provision Read More
The official word came out of Spitzer headquarters on Friday morning: Lee Sander will be Spitzer’s chief executive and executive director for the MTA. (The Governor-elect’s spokeswoman, Christine Anderson, e-mails, “It is believed he will take over as chairman when Kalikow steps down.”)
Pat Foye will be downstate chairman of the Empire State Read More
