From the NY Times: Gov. David A. Paterson personally helped draft a statement last month that he hoped would be endorsed by a woman involved in a domestic dispute with one of his top aides, proposing language asserting that there had been no violence in the encounter, according to three people with knowledge of the […]
From The New York Times: Playground controversies usually involve bickering parents, unruly dogs or bullies. One exception is at the Tompkins Houses, a city housing project in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn, where an orange jungle gym adorned with the word “Jail,” a cell door and prison bars has, six years after its installation, set off outrage in […]
From the LA Times: Reporting from New York – The other morning, while tourists were lining up for an early lunch at Sylvia’s soul food restaurant in Harlem, Rodney Capel and Basil Smikle were finishing breakfast — and dissecting the travails of the local political machine.
WHITE PLAINS, N.Y. – Four men accused of trying to bomb synagogues and shoot down planes in New York last spring did little more than go along with a fake plot proposed, directed and funded by the federal government, defense lawyers claim in asking the court to dismiss the case.
From NY1.com: Police say an apparent murder-suicide claimed the lives of two people in an apartment in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn.
Defying of the laws of gravity, N.Y. governor David Paterson has dragged the controversy surrounding him even further down the rabbit hole. Apparently the person who tattled on Governor Paterson to the press for getting involved in an aide’s domestic violence case was … Governor Paterson.
From NYDailyNews.com: An admissions director hired to recruit the best and brightest to a Bronx private school claims toxic campus housing left his son with brain damage.
And another one bites the dust. After last week’s relative lull in news about Governor David Paterson, it appears his administration is in turmoil again. But thus far he’s managed to weather the storm, and even retain the support of key Black leaders. Despite his detractors’ best efforts, it still seems premature to count to […]
With this relatively positive story following this week’s lull in news about Gov. Paterson, the momentum that initially looked as if it would sweep him toward resignation on a tide of corruption accusations appears to have slowed. Maybe he’ll be able to hang in the for the rest of his term after all … or […]
From HuffingtonPost.com: Rush Limbaugh hurled a racist comment towards embattled New York Governor David Paterson on his radio show Tuesday.
NEW YORK — Lil Wayne was sentenced Monday to a year in jail in New York City for having a loaded gun on his tour bus in 2007, then was taken away in handcuffs to begin his term immediately.
From the NY Daily News: Gov. David Paterson’s communications director Peter Kauffmann has resigned his post, effective close of business today.
