Morning Read, Upstate: New Taxes, Paterson and Primaries

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David Paterson is sending the Democratic Party into "civil war," Fred Dicker writes.

And while it's a "party of primaries," Andrew Cuomo said Sunday he has no plans to challenge Paterson.

Representative Pete King could be the victim of the Democrats' redistricting in 2012.

Representative Charlie Rangel said Obama should be careful in Harlem, and people were listening. Michael Bloomberg said Rangel was "plain wrong," but Paterson's response was more nuanced.

Senator Chuck Schumer says the nomination of Sonia Sotomayor is "virtually filibuster-proof."

Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver weighed in on putting a casino at Belmont.

Two members of the state Workers Compensation Board put their offices close to home.

Two-thirds of sex offenders consented to civil confinement after their prison terms.

There are rumblings of reform in Albany, which the Daily News thinks is heartening.

State Senator Liz Krueger is concerned about illegal hotels.

The two synagogues targeted by a bomb plot will receive $25,000 security grants.

Power Authority chief Richard Kessel, Dan Janison writes, spends a lot of time on Long Island.

At a rally in Buffalo, attendees prayed for the preservation of traditional marriage.

The Albany Democratic Committee is not offering an endorsement for common council president or city auditor.

And below, State Senator Marty Golden decries the provision of new drug laws that allows judges to seal the records of some offenders:

Morning Read, Upstate: New Taxes, Paterson and Primaries