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Gov. David A. Paterson cited the state’s financial problems in announcing a decision that reverses an earlier pledge.

The developers of an Islamic cultural center that would include a mosque near Ground Zero have rejected Gov. David Paterson's offer to help them find a different site. Paterson said today the group is apparently committed to building in the proposed site.

New York Gov. David Paterson expects to meet soon with developers of a proposed Islamic cultural center and mosque near ground zero.

Gov. David A. Paterson will ask the State Legislature to let him begin furloughing as many as 100,000 state workers one day a week until the stalled 2010 state budget is in place.

The scheduled 4 percent pay rise was set to go into effect on Thursday and is on top of a 9 percent raise in the last three years, Governor David Paterson said. He reminded unions that in the past two years, more than 300,000 New Yorkers have lost jobs and nearly 9 percent of workers are unemployed.

Facing growing political pressure, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo announced on Thursday that he would appoint an independent counsel to take over his office’s investigation into the Paterson administration’s response to a domestic violence case.

Already caught up in a scandal involving a close aide, embattled New York Governor David Paterson was charged on Wednesday by the state's ethics watchdog for unlawfully taking free baseball tickets to the 2009 World Series.

The accounts of Gov. David A. Paterson’s actions provide the first evidence that he helped direct an effort to influence a woman making abuse charges against his aide.

Gov. David A. Paterson, his administration caught up in a whirlwind of allegations about its intervention in a domestic violence episode involving a top aide, is set to announce that he is suspending his election campaign and will not run in November, according to a person told about the plans.

Gov. David A. Paterson proclaimed his candidacy for election, issuing a defiant challenge to those who have encouraged him to quit.