Manhattan Adult Entertainment: State lawmakers get behind Governor Paterson
Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is refusing to comment Tuesday on reports in blogs and news accounts of womanizing and drug use by the governor. Cuomo’s office also won’t comment on whether he supports Paterson. Many Democrats have voiced wishes that Cuomo run for governor instead of Paterson, who took the post upon the resignation of Eliot Spitzer.
Republican candidate Rick Lazio says the rumors create a toxic atmosphere that block legislative action. He says no public official should face such unconfirmed personal attacks.
Paterson referred to the attacks Monday in an Associated Press interview as false, callous and sleazy.
Rumors around the Capitol and anonymous reports in some media outlets about Paterson’s personal conduct come as he considers seeking election later this year.
Paterson became governor in 2008 after former Governor Eliot Spitzer
resigned amid a prostitution scandal. When he became governor,
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