Manhattan Adult Entertainment: NY governor’s support thin amid pressure to resign
The woman at the center of the case failed to show up for a court appearance one day after speaking with the governor, resulting in the case being dismissed.
Then on Thursday Paterson’s director of communications resigned, citing matters of “integrity and commitment to public service.”
“Unfortunately, as recent developments have come to light, I cannot in good conscience continue in my current position. I have notified the governor that I am resigning as director of communications,” Peter Kauffmann said in a statement.
If Paterson were to step down, it would elevate an unelected appointee — Lieutenant Governor Richard Ravitch — to the post of governor until a new governor can be elected in November and sworn in next January.
Ravitch, a lawyer and longtime public official, was appointed by Paterson last July, four months after Paterson assumed the governorship when Democratic Governor Eliot Spitzer resigned in a prostitution scandal.
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