Some Democratic lawmakers I spoke with yesterday collectively shrugged their shoulders at the coverage of Andrew Cuomo’s plans for 2010.
In response to (incontrovertibly plausible) assertions that the attorney general is "eyeing a race for governor," Democratic State Senator Jose Serrano of the Bronx said, "I want us to all get along." He claimed he hadn't heard anyone ...

During a televised speech carried statewide, Governor David Paterson adopted a new, tougher line with Albany legislators, vowing to reconvene the legislative session so lawmakers can cut spending and reduce the size of the state’s workforce in hopes of plugging the state’s estimated $6.4 billion budget deficit. “That is $1.4 billion higher than it was just ...

When David Paterson gives his live televised speech tomorrow about the state’s budget, Democratic State Senator Diane Savino predicts he “is going to say we’ve run out of monopoly money.” She thinks Paterson is "trying to make a bold public statement: ‘Pay attention, this is not going to go away. We’re not going to borrow our way ...