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  1. early and often
    Paterson Swats Down Silver’s Tax-Hike HopesThe assembly speaker is once again aiming for a “millionaire’s tax,” which the governor dismisses — arguing that taxes are “addictive.”
  2. company town
    Jason Pomeranc to Take Credit for Turning Lower East Side Into Meatpacking DistrictThe hotelier says that his new Thompson Lower East Side hotel will signal the “coming-of-age” of the hood. Plus the latest in finance, law, and media news.
  3. intel
    Who’ll Save New York? Paterson’s Possible Super-FriendsThe speech served as a Bat signal to stir powerful New Yorkers who can put the governor’s urgent message into play.
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    Paterson’s Speech Already Causing Albany ScrambleNew York legislators and special-interest groups are already gearing up for a battle.
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    Paterson’s Speech: The Economic Crisis in New York Is ‘Devastating’As predicted, the governor’s televised address had more warnings than it did solutions.
  6. intel
    Chris Smith on Today’s Budget Speech: A Fresh Start for Both State and Governor?In an hour the governor of New York will make his television address about the financial crisis facing the state. Will it be enough to change Albany? And will it be enough to change him into a new kind of governor?
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    Bloomberg Beats Paterson to the Bad-Budget-News PunchNews of massive budget gaps double punches us early this week for both the city and the state.
  8. in other news
    Joe Bruno Gets a New JobThe former State Senate Majority Leader will be the CEO of an information technology firm — which, of course, has contracts with the state government.
  9. company town
    Katie Couric: ‘America Is Giving Me the Hillary Clinton Treatment’The CBS anchor identifies with the former presidential candidate. Plus, why it’s not looking good for Wall Street bonuses, or the doorman who won $5 million on a scratch ticket a couple of months ago, and more, in our daily rundown of New York media, finance, real-estate, and law news.
  10. gossipmonger
    Alec Baldwin Is Angry AgainAlso, Lindsay is still being lesbianish, Huma still loves Weiner, and Chace Crawford continues to be hot and available in our daily gossip roundup.
  11. early and often
    Governor Paterson Seeks to Extend Bruno Alliance With Cushy Albany PostThe lovable gov wanted to offer the former GOP Senate majority leader an advisory post in his government.
  12. company town
    Horizon Strategy’s John Devaney Says He Is ‘Bleeding, Personally’ After Loss of Hedge FundClearly, he doesn’t know Daily Intel’s golden rule. That and more, in our daily roundup of need-to-know news from the fields of finance, media, law, and real estate.
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    David Paterson Goes on Mad Bill-Signing SpreeIn flurry of excitement; the governor passes all kinds of weird bills.
  14. intel
    Port Authority Honcho Gunning for World Trade Center Bully Job?In the PA director’s report on delays and cost explosions at Ground Zero, he suggested that David Paterson appoint a “traffic cop” to manage all the different projects. We suspect he has someone particular in mind.
  15. developing
    Port Authority About to Tell Us Whom to Blame for WTC DelaysA report is due out today citing seventeen to twenty causes for construction and planning setbacks.
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    Gays Go Wild for Governor PatersonAt yesterday’s Gay Pride March, the governor receives a hero’s welcome.
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    Bloomberg and Paterson Laugh Off Reported FeudSeriously, everyone, they’re like best friends!
  18. gossipmonger
    Harry Potter and the Lean, Mean, Skorcher Butt MachineDaniel Radcliffe is spotted toning up his bum for ‘Equus,’ Mary J. Blige helps a stranger buy a dress, and Adam Duritz takes up with a new actress, all in our daily distillation of the city’s gossip columns.
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    Bloomberg and Paterson: The Claws Come OutThe mayor and the governor spent all weekend fighting — and it’s not over yet.
  20. gossipmonger
    Spotted: Actor Who Plays Gay Overcompensating by Kissing Girls in PublicEric van der Woodsen appeared in public with a new girlfriend, Republicans rallied behind Bruce Willis’s wine store, and Governor Paterson ate some oysters, all in our roundup of today’s gossip.
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    Heilemann: What Hillary Wants, and Why She’s Jesse Jackson ’88Five crucial questions about her endgame answered.
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    Joe Bruno Calls Foul on Paterson for Following His Own LeadBruno and Albany Republicans are protesting Paterson’s command that state agencies recognize out-of-state gay marriages, claiming it circumvents the Legislature. But didn’t Bruno already decline a chance for the State Senate to vote on the issue?
  23. in other news
    David Paterson Sneaks Gay Marriage in Through the Back DoorSame-sex couples who get married elsewhere will now have their unions recognized in New York.
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    Hillary Clinton Will Never Forgive Paterson for This OneOh, no! New York governor David Paterson called Hillary Clinton the d-word.
  25. early and often
    The Governor Has a HeadacheDavid Paterson was rushed to the hospital this morning with a severe migraine.
  26. early and often
    Paterson Strikes Again!We know the governor is human, but does he really have to be THIS human?
  27. company town
    If Murdoch Really Hires a New ‘WSJ’ Managing Editor, Who Will It Be?Citigroup’s ban on fruit, ice-cream-truck wars, praise for Frank Gehry, and more in our daily industry roundup.
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    Vito Fossella: When Sex Overcomes PoliticsWhy he won’t be able to get away with it.
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    Vito Fossella Revives the Politician’s TMI IndexTurns out the Staten Island congressman is almost ready to be added to our Politicians TMI Index!
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    Five Questions With Governor David PatersonWe sat down with Paterson this weekend to ask him what’s on everybody’s mind: What’s going on with Silda Wall Spitzer? Oh, and we asked about some political things, too.
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    Jim Yates Will Not Be David Paterson’s Chief CounselTurns out the judge isn’t going to take the job!
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    Paterson Says That Sometimes Doing Good Can End Up Being Bad. Or Something.Our new governor’s explanation about his low level of recorded charitable giving does not completely sell us.
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    Paterson’s Blind Thing Has Its AdvantagesThe new governor has already learned to work the system.
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    Governor Paterson Is Kind of a CheapskateOur new governor only gave $150 to charity last year, even though he and his wife made $269,000 combined.
  35. intel
    Exclusive: A Page From Eliot Spitzer’s Day PlannerWe’ve carefully reconstructed what we imagine to be the exact timeline of one of former governor Eliot Spitzer’s recent days in New York City.
  36. early and often
    A Fresh New Spokesman for PatersonAs Paterson’s personal scandals ebb into the past, he hires a flashy young communications manager to move into the future — at $175,000 a year.
  37. intel
    Memo to Andrew Cuomo: Change TacticsIn which we ask Andrew Cuomo to please stop tooting his own horn, and just get to work.
  38. it happened this week
    It Happened This Week: Striking BackHillary Clinton hit Barack Obama on Reverend Jeremiah Wright even as critics slammed her for fibbing about Bosnian sniper fire, Sean Combs smacked down rumors that he was involved with Tupac’s shooting, and other events of the week that was.
  39. intel
    Can’t Keep a Rudy Giuliani Down, No Matter How Much You Wish You CouldYou know that one Rudy, the one you couldn’t help but love for his unshaking belief in his cause and his dogged persistence in the face of adversity? Loved that movie. Anyway, the other one is considering a run for the occupied governor’s seat.
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    David Paterson to Appoint Jim Yates Chief CounselThe search is up, and sources confirm that Governor Paterson has found his chief counsel: Jim Yates, a New York State Supreme Court judge.
  41. intel
    Paterson to Stop Invading Your Nightmares With OversharesThe new governor is sorry he ever brought up his past cocaine use, extramarital affairs, and the Days Inn.
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    TMI Index for Politicians: Some Scandalous Details Are Best Left UnknownIt’s been a rough couple of weeks for anyone who likes their news served modestly. From Paterson’s girls to McGreevey’s wings, politicians are on overshare overdrive, and Americans are suffering. It’s time to chart the moments when titillation turns to revulsion.
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    Because He Got HighLast night, David Paterson told NY1 that he has used marijuana and cocaine “a couple of times.” Not that he’s hitting the chronic before looking over the budget, mind you — this was a while ago. “I don’t think I’ve touched marijuana since the late seventies,” he said. He doesn’t think! But who can be sure? Can we? Do we care?
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    Eliot Spitzer: Disgraced Governor, Chronic ExpectoratorThe rapidly deteriorating economy, the five-year anniversary of Iraq, and new governor David Paterson’s seemingly limitless libido all may have distracted you from what’s going on with our fallen former governor. But news is still dribbling out about the Spitzer affair, and perhaps more importantly, so are sexy pictures of hookers!
  45. it happened this week
    InfidelsFor another week, almost all politics was both local and sleazy.
  46. in other news
    Is an Ed Koch Sex Scandal Next?Eliot Spitzer slept with hookers. Jim and Dina McGreevey had threesomes with their driver. Governor David Paterson’s list of conquests is starting to look like it could be longer than Wilt Chamberlain’s. And then there’s Ed Koch.
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    Albany Can’t Stop Thinking About David Paterson’s Sex LifeState officials find fantasies about the new governor’s having boinked pretty much every woman he has ever come into contact with distracting.
  48. gossipmonger
    Bethenny Frankel Gets InkedThe Real Housewives star gets a book deal, Lindsay Lohan has a sex picture, Keith Olbermann may be a nepotist, and more in our daily roundup of what’s in New York’s best gossip columns.
  49. numbers game
    Can David Paterson Do No Wrong? Can Eliot Spitzer Do No Right?Just as we suspected, everybody is still optimistic about David Paterson after all. Just shows you what a difference “not being a jerk” makes!
  50. in other news
    Our Governor: Out-Blinded by Previous Pols?So David Paterson isn’t the first blind governor. But he does join a long line of respected (if doomed) vision-impaired politicians. A brief historical list.
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