Public Integrity Commission

What Could David Paterson's $62,125 Fine Buy in Actual Yankee Memorabilia?

​Ex-Governor David Paterson has paid his fine of $62,125 for accepting complimentary tickets to a 2009 Yankees World Series game. The tickets were for himself, his two aides, his teenage son, and his son's friend. They were originally priced at $425, which means Paterson comes out with a loss ... More >>

Andrew Cuomo Goes to Albany, Where Lobbyists Are Waiting

Carl Paladino: The Dirty Details in His Campaign Filings

​The Times and the Daily News ran stories yesterday exposing the shady conspiracy that is the Paladino For The People campaign. The $53,000 tax lien against campaign spokesman Michael Caputo unearthed by the Times got a taunting "so what" from Caputo himself. Stiffing the IRS just proved agai ... More >>

David Paterson: A Lame Duck, Sure, But Why the Lame Media Coverage?

The governor and David Johnson​It's a week since Judge Judith Kaye issued her 54-page report exonerating and damning Governor Paterson for his handling of a domestic violence case, and nothing has happened. That's news. Clemmie Harris, who admitted to Kaye that he tried to kill the complaint, ... More >>

David Paterson's Other Headache: Ex-Aide Takes 5th in Probes

​It's triple witching hour for budget-crunch time, but the investigation that the governor wants everyone to forget popped back onto the public radar this morning. The Times reports that David Paterson's former top aide has taken the Fifth Amendment in two separate inquiries. Citing an unnamed ... More >>

Fred Dicker Goes Unhinged Over Scandal No One Remembers

Remember Troopergate, the squabble between these two has-beens? Neither does anyone else.​The New York Post's Fred Dicker is Albany's most powerful reporter. He's broken so many stories he ought to know when to let one go. Instead, he wrote a rant yesterday that proves why even the best repor ... More >>

Barrett: Spitzer/Bruno Gets Spun in Strange Paterson-World

The 174-page report produced by State Inspector General Joseph Fisch last week, which provoked the resignation yesterday of Public Integrity Commission executive director Herb Teitelbaum, is all spin. Governor David Paterson's announcement, also yesterday, that he will propose a bill to kill the com ... More >>

He Shot the Sheriff

Spitzer guns down Albany's real clean-up man