George Pataki

  If New York sends a resident to the White House, it won’t be George Pataki.

In today’s Congressional Corner, New York Representative Chris Gibson tells WAMC’s Alan Chartock why it wasn’t the former three-term governor’s time. 

Former New York Gov. George Pataki is telling supporters he's dropping his bid for the Republican presidential nomination.

Most members of the long roster of Republican presidential candidates participated in a forum in New Hampshire Monday night. The quick-fire questions and answers came days before the first debate Thursday in Cleveland.

Former New York Governor Republican George Pataki was in Essex, New York earlier this week to speak at an education conference. He also took some time to talk with WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley about several issues including his reflections on a possible run for president.

Former Governor George Pataki was in Essex Tuesday to talk to educators from across the globe.  Before his presentation, he spoke with reporters, including WAMC’s North Country Bureau Chief Pat Bradley, about his presidential aspirations and other state issues.

Former New York Governor George Pataki is in a large field of Republicans considering the launch of a presidential campaign for 2016. Even with former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney last week announcing he would not seek a run, the GOP field mulling a bid remains crowded. WAMC’s Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne spoke with a few local elected officials about what Pataki would bring to the race.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the upcoming casino decision, and former Florida Governor Jeb Bush and former New York Governor George Pataki exploring 2016 presidential runs.

New York State Governor Andrew Cuomo seems to be setting the stage for a tax cut next year.  Recently, he’s appointed a new commission to look at cutting property and other taxes, and has said the state may have a budget surplus to pay for them.
The governor announced a new tax policy commission headed by former New York State Governor George Pataki, a Republican, and former state Comptroller Carl McCall, a Democrat. Both are former political rivals of Cuomo.
 

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is appointing a new tax cutting commission that he’s charged with finding ways of slicing state revenues by two to three billion dollars next year.

New York Governor Andrew Cuomo is appointing a new tax cutting commission that he’s charged with finding ways of slicing state revenues by $2 to $3 billion dollars next year.

Cuomo turned to the man who beat his father in the 1994 governor’s race, George Pataki, to co chair the commission. Pataki, a Republican, defeated Mario Cuomo  on a platform that included tax cuts.

Pataki, who says the state “spends too much and costs too much,” says he’s happy to serve on the commission, but at first thought a mistake had been made.

Calling on some former political rivals, New York Governor Andrew Cuomo today announced the formation of a Tax Relief Commission.

Former New York Governor George Pataki is expected to testify about how more than 100 sex offenders came to be involuntarily institutionalized eight years ago when they finished prison sentences.

Today's testimony comes in a civil trial in Manhattan federal court after six convicted sex offenders sued Pataki and the state. Pataki announced in an October 2005 press release that every sexually violent predator in state custody would be evaluated for involuntary civil commitment once a prison sentence was finished.