David Paterson isn’t doing his new press secretary, Morgan Hook, any favors.
On Mr. Hook’s first full day–after he was promoted when longtime loyalist Marissa Shorenstein abruptly resigned yesterday–Mr. Paterson told radio host John Gambling that he–the governor–was the person who told The Times about his phone call to a woman who had Read More
ALBANY—The court battle between David Paterson and education groups will be postponed, at the education groups’ request.
A hearing on a suit filed by New York State United Teachers (and others)–which contends that Paterson acted improperly when he stalled aid payments to schools, citing a lack of cash–will now be held Jan. 20 Read More
ALBANY—The governor’s office has hired Melanie Hartgraves to run the state web site and do new media outreach.
Hartgraves, who was working as a producer at WRGB-TV Channel 6 in Niskayuna, will serve as director of new media, filling a position that’s been vacant since Jack Downey left the executive chamber work on Eric Read More
