By Eliot Brown 9/29/09 3:45pm

State Finally Fills Top Development Job With Former El Diario Owner

After an odyssey of a search process, the state’s top development agency has finally filled a top position, with the state on Tuesday announcing that Peter Davidson, former owner of El Diario/La Prensa and chairman of the non-profit JM Kaplan Fund, will be the Empire State Development Corporation’s new executive director.

Mr. Davidson, who founded Read More

By Jason Horowitz 4/02/07 12:00am

Bill Richardson Seeks Clinton Scraps

Bill Richardson came to New York looking for cash, and at least a little recognition.

“I’m raising money to be respectable,” he said on the night of March 26, as he leaned against his black Chevy Suburban wearing a blue suit, striped red tie and an exhausted look on his face. “I know that I Read More