New York State

Cuomo’s Goes For #2 In Upstate Play/Ploy

Mega-shock! New York goooobernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo has picked a mayor of one…

New York is the least happy state in the nation, according to some new study. In fact, the Tri-State area takes the bottom three slots on the list. Six of the ten happiest states are in the South. And what of Pennsylvania, thought by some to be our greatest state? A melancholy 41. Cheer up, everyone, it could be worse. Oh, right, it will be.

The New York Post’s Andrea Peyser takes to the paper today to complain that former governor Eliot Spitzer-”a pathological whoremaster”-may indeed launch a successful return to office. (Spitzer is said to be considering a run for comptroller.) Among the many reasons Peyser…

Highly indictable former New York State Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno was found guilty on two counts in his corruption trial yesterday. Bruno, who went six-for-eight on the charges, faces up to 20 years in prison and $250,000 in fines for each of the…

“Sen. Hiram Monserrate has been sentenced to three years of probation and one year of counseling for his misdemeanor conviction of assaulting his girlfriend with a broken glass, reports a Monserrate aide who was in the courtroom to hear the judge’s…

New York State’s highest court has ruled 4–3 that Governor David Paterson was acting within his authority when he appointed Richard Ravitch to the vacant post of lieutenant governor. News of the decision was immediately followed by a call from President Obama telling Lt. Gov Ravitch to resign.