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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.
Upon his election, Paterson became the youngest State Senator in Albany. He won the seat again in 1986 for a full term representing the 29th District in the New York State Senate, and served as senator until assuming the office of Lieutenant Governor on January 1, 2007. (The districts changed for the 2002 election.) [4] [5]
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 ...
After Lieutenant Governor David Paterson succeeded to the governorship of New York after Eliot Spitzer resigned on March 17, 2008, the office of lieutenant governor became vacant. The duties of lieutenant governor were then performed successively by Temporary Presidents of the State Senate Joseph Bruno , Dean Skelos , Malcolm Smith and, during ...
Two teens have been charged in the attack on ex-Governor David Paterson and his stepson, according to sources.. The juveniles turned themselves over to police along with their parents at the 23rd ...
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 ...
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.
Former Gov. David Paterson fought back against the miscreants who attacked him and his stepson on the Upper East Side on Friday night — with the ex-gov telling The Post that he slammed one of ...