By admin3 on August 20, 2008
New York Times – Gov. David A. Paterson will speak at the Democratic National Convention after all. As recently as Tuesday morning, Mr. Paterson told reporters he would not be addressing the convention. And last week his aides said that the governor was not among those chosen to speak. But the Democratic National Convention Committee [...]
Posted in Party Politics | Tagged David Paterson, Democratic National Convention
By The Admin on August 15, 2008
Elizabeth Benjamin, New York Daily News – Councilman Charles Barron teed off today on Gov. David Paterson’s proposed budget cuts, particularly to Medicaid and CUNY, which would disproportionately affect low-income New Yorkers, saying he “expected more understanding and sensitivity to the black community” from the state’s first black governor. In his usual controversial way, Barron [...]
Posted in New York | Tagged Charles Barron, David Paterson
