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David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) [1] is an American politician and attorney who served as the 55th governor of New York, succeeding Eliot Spitzer, who resigned, and serving out nearly three years of Spitzer's term from March 2008 to December 2010.
In 1993 Paterson ran citywide in the Democratic primary for the office of New York City Public Advocate, the second highest elected office in the city. He lost to Mark Green , who received 45 percent of the primary vote; Paterson was second in the five-candidate race, with 19 percent of the vote. [ 6 ]
Paterson served as governor from 2008 to 2010 and is married to Mary Paterson, Curtis Sliwa’s ex-wife. NYCHA worker Diamond Minter is charged with assault in the attack on former Gov. David ...
New York was one of the original Thirteen Colonies on the east coast of North America, and was admitted as a state on July 26, 1788. Prior to declaring its independence, New York was a colony of the Kingdom of Great Britain, which it in turn obtained from the Dutch as the colony of New Netherland; see the list of colonial governors and the list of directors-general of New Netherland for the ...
A Democrat, Paterson was governor from 2008 to 2010. He stepped into office after the Eliot Spitzer resigned following a prostitution scandal. Paterson made history at the time as the state's ...
NEW YORK — Two youths have been arrested in connection to Friday night's attack on former New York Gov. David Paterson and his stepson Anthony Sliwa.. The New York City Police Department says a ...
Paterson, who served as New York’s governor from 2008 to 2010, is married to Mary Paterson, the ex-wife of Sliwa. Show comments. Advertisement. Advertisement. Holiday Shopping Guides.
The cabinet of Governor of New York David Paterson consists of the executive chamber, and the heads of the various departments of the Government of New York.On Paterson's first day as governor, he asked for letters of resignation from all of the top staff members and state agency commissioners appointed by previous Governor Eliot Spitzer.