Janison: Court questions Paterson’s controversial pick
Richard Ravitch / AP File Photo / December 4, 2008
Gov. David Paterson on LI and in NY
Chaos in Albany
Nothing prompts a huge constitutional dispute like an aggressive, adventurous, or legally sketchy use of power by an elected executive. Take Gov. David A. Paterson's dubious move to appoint Richard Ravitch as the state's lieutenant governor.
This act goes in the same file as Gov. Eliot Spitzer trying to steamroll legislators.
Or Mayor Michael Bloomberg changing the legality of his own...
