Governor David Paterson hoped his and his wife's admission that they had extramarital affairs meant that everyone could move on. Other politicians certainly want to move on and constituents generally don't think it's a big deal (Hookergate fatigue?), but now that the tabloids have license to run with it, it means details (and long cover headlines) galore! One of the women Paterson had an affair with worked for under Governor Spitzer, when Spitzer was......

Photograph of Paterson being sworn in by Chief Judge Judith Kaye by Mary Altaffer/AP David Paterson was sworn in at NY State's 55th governor today, in the standing-room State Assembly chambers and those gathered gave him a two-minute standing ovation, "David! David! David!" In his speech, Paterson said, "In so many ways we woke this morning to a not so ordinary day. Today like we always do, in spite of the obstacles or circumstances.........

Tomorrow, the city and other organizations will mark the sixth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center. Here's the official city commemoration:7AM: Families start to arrive at Zuccotti Park, where the ceremony will take place. 8:40AM: Mayor Bloomberg begins the program, which includes first responders reading victims' names and readings from NY Governor Spitzer, former NY Governor Pataki, NJ Governor Corzine and former NYC mayor Giuliani. Bagpipers and drummers lead......

Plans for a World Trade Center memorial continue to crawl along, and WNBC has a story today about the personal donations that are funding the effort and the memorial itself. $300 million has been raised to build a set of reflecting pools and a museum at Ground Zero, much of that money coming from a fundraising drive over the last six months. The story includes a list of top donors, and we found it interesting......

The Nor'easter that drenched - and flooded - the Northeast with inches of rain has headed out. Many homes in the area were flooded and pummeled by winds; the NY Times adds that though the storm is gone, rivers are "still rising, swollen by the runoff of record rains." Residents in some suburbs were evacuated and thousands of people are without power: NY Governor Spitzer noted the devastation, while acting NJ Governor Richard Codey......

After yesterday's announcement that federal and state agencies will lease 1 million of Freedom Tower's 2.6 million square feet, the candidates for NY Governor have backed the plan as well. The NY Times reports that Democratic nominee Attorney General Eliot Spitzer and Republican nominee John Faso both threw their support behind the plan, which now "signals that whoever wins the general election in November is likely to continue Gov. George E. Pataki’s plans for......

After months of negotiating and rumors and worries, it's official: The federal and NY State government will lease 1 million square feet in Freeom Tower. The NY Times reports Mayor Michael Bloomberg, NY Governor George Pataki and NJ Governor Jon Corzine will announce the "tentative" agreement for an anchor tenant to occupy 38% of the space today. Some interesting facts:- The agreement has agencies paying $59/square foot - Though the Port Authority is happy with......

- DC is so weird - they're all about naming their developments after NYC neighborhoods - Disgraced Enron CEO Kenneth Lay dies in Aspen, leaving the Wikipedia writers to guess as to how he died - Where is the Hallo Berlin street food cart? - Would you really want to live in a rental building over the Lincoln Tunnel? - The city has struck a tentative deal wtih school bus drivers - guess the......

So maybe Bloomberg isn't running for President? Or is that just what he wants us to think? Either way, Hizzoner is reportedly about to buy an historic townhouse on 78th and Madison to house his philanthropic ambitions. The property, designed by Stanford White for old New York biggie Stuyvesant Fish (son of NY Governor, Senator and US Secretary of State Hamilton Fish) in 1897, is going for $50M according to the listing on Sotheby's......

- It's official: Eliot Spitzer is the Democratic candidate for NY Governor this fall - Ironic Sans looks at The Critic's animated Manhattan - The transit worker caught sleeping on the job by cameraphone was fired! - Bees attack Park Slope restaurant; no word on whether Winnie the Pooh's hunny pot or Max Fischer was found on the scene - A teenager managed to save her siblings from a Brooklyn house fire but not......

Or at least that's what World Trade Center leaseholder Larry Silverstein promised yesterday, now that he and the Port Authority have agreed on terms that divvy up control of Ground Zero's various components. "I have instructed our construction team to mobilize into the site tomorrow so that we can begin construction of the Freedom Tower immediately," he told the media. The Port Authority says that the eastern section of the WTC site will be......

- Overgadgeted kids beware: your iPods are not welcome at school - Hilarious: Former NY Governor Hugh Carey endorses Eliot Spitzer in Brooklyn, but not without accidentally calling Eliot "Charles Schumer" - Central Park mall will be closed till the mid-summer for repairs - Why Carroll Gardens needs historic districts - Ooh -- Janice Dickinson in the East Village... now, get her back on America's Next Top Model (Twiggy bores) - The Jets may......

The government powers that be when it comes to the World Trade Center site - NY Governor Pataki, NJ Governor Corzine and NYC Mayor Bloomberg - have worked out a plan that was presented to WTC developer Larry Silverstein in hopes of getting the Ground Zero rebuilding off the ground. The deal is for Silverstein to build Freedom Tower (but the Port Authority would control it) as well as giving him control of three additional......

Bill Weld's campaign for NY Governor just hit a bit of an ethical problem. The Times reports today that the News section of his website weldfornewyork.org has been playing fast and loose with the facts. "Campaign aides have significantly altered two newspaper articles on his Web site about his bid for governor, removing all negative phrases about him, like "mini-slump" and "dogged by an investigation," and passages about his political problems." Other phrases removed......

In a move to assert the NYPD's role and to ruffle some feathers, the Mayor is proposing that the NYPD would lead all regional authorities during emergencies. Newsday reports that this means "Ray Kelly would take charge at all big incidents in city train stations, ports, airports, bridges or tunnels run by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and the Port Authority," which then means that both NY Governor Pataki and NJ Governor Codey would need to......

The reopening of the PATH Train station at the World Trade Center was greeted by government officials and citizens alike with excitement and a sense of accomplishment with the completion of this 16 month station rehabilitation. The opening was bittersweet, as memories of Port Authority colleagues and other PATH train commuters lost during September 11 were evoked. One lower Manhattan resident told the Post, "They knocked us down, but they can't knock us out."......

The re-opening of the Path Train at the World Trade Center will be marked by NY Governor Pataki and NJ Governor McGreevey at 2PM tomorrow, with free rides until midnight. The governors will ride in a train that was the last to leave the WTC Path station on September 11. This station will accept Metrocards at turnstiles, except weekly and unlimited cards. Additionally, since this is station at Church Street is a temporary one,......

NY Governor Pataki says "fiscal nightmare," solutions like this, SUNY Board Calls for 40 Percent Tuition Increase, are offered. The real question is probably not whether it gets passed but how much the rate increase actually is.......