Manhattan Adult Entertainment: New York governor charged with breaking ethics law
Paterson, speaking with reporters in Albany, denied any wrongdoing. “We are asking to meet with the Public Integrity Commission, based on the facts of the testimony that we dispute,” he said. “We also dispute that I solicited anything from the Yankees and acted improperly.”
Paterson’s involvement in the scandal over the aide’s assault case, has raised questions over inappropriate intervention and prompted calls for his resignation.
He has repeatedly insisted he will stay on as governor and that his ongoing leadership is essential to state budget negotiations.
“I feel that the best thing is for me to remain as governor, and I don’t think that I have done anything wrong that would merit that I shouldn’t be governor,” Paterson said in Albany.
Paterson asked Attorney General Andrew Cuomo — now the front-runner for the Democratic gubernatorial nomination — to investigate the matter.
Paterson, the state’s first black governor, took over in 2008 when former Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned over a prostitution scandal. Paterson’s term expires at the end of this year.
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