Bruno on Paterson, Spitzer
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- April
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After heaping praise on the present governor, Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno today had some not as kind remarks about his predecessor.
“This governor gets it,’’ Bruno told a crowd of investors meeting near the Capitol, referring to Gov. David Paterson’s grasp of economic-development issues. “The previous governor didn’t,’’ he added, referring to Eliot Spitzer, who quit in disgrace last month after his involvement with a prostitute came to light. “That’s why he’s not here any more. He got some things, though. That’s why he’s in psychiatric care.’’
Later, he told reporters he wishes Spitzer and his family well, and said he hopes Spitzer “has a productive life.’‘
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Jay Gallagher has covered Albany for Gannett News Service since 1984 and has been Albany Bureau chief since 1989. He`s a native of the Boston area and likes to point out that in this millennium, the score is Red Sox 1 championship, the Yankees 0. 
Cara Matthews has been a statehouse correspondent in the Albany Bureau since August 2005. Prior to that, she covered Putnam County government and politics at The Journal News for nearly five years. Before that, she worked at newspapers in Connecticut and covered the state Legislature for one of them. 
