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State pols work on expanding power base

Upon winning a top political post, you start taking for granted your base - the people who put you there.

Next, you try to butter up those who come from outside that base, in order to expand your power.

So goes the unwritten rule.

This month, in his first legislative session as governor, David A. Paterson - who in 2006 was representing a Manhattan Senate district - touted a property-tax...

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