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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.
Paterson was elected by the Democratic caucus of the Senate as Minority Leader on November 20, 2002, becoming both the first non-white state legislative leader and the highest-ranking African American elected official in the history of New York State, unseating the incumbent Minority Leader, Martin Connor.
Lehman was the state's first Jewish governor; David Paterson was the first African American governor of New York, and the first legally blind governor as well. Paterson is only the fourth African American to hold the office of governor in the United States. The current governor is Democrat Kathy Hochul, the state's first female governor, who ...
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 ...
Former New York Gov. David Paterson speaks out after NYC attack The incident occurred on Second Avenue near East 96th Street on Manhattan's Upper East Side just before 9 p.m., according to the New ...
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 ...
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.
The two teens have been charged in the attack on ex-Governor David Patterson and his stepson, according to sources. ... Paterson, who served as New York’s governor from 2008 to 2010, is married ...