Malcolm Smith: No Problems With Paterson
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- July
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After stories earlier in the week that Gov. Paterson and Senate Minority Leader Malcolm Smith are at odds, Smith’s spokesman Curtis Taylor put out a statement today that says everything is fine.
But it’s worth nothing that the first stories about their problems came out Monday and today is, um, Thursday.
Paterson also said earlier in the week that he and Smith are on good terms. But, of course, the Democratic governor hasn’t yet done anything to help Senate Democrats in their bid to win control of the Senate, and there is an strong feeling among insiders that Paterson has a non-aggression pact with Senate Republicans.
“While recently appearing on television, Governor Paterson said that New Yorkers will do well with Democrats running the State Senate and with Malcolm Smith as majority leader,” Taylor said.
“Who but Republicans, desperately holding on to a one vote majority, and their friends would try to distort the Governor’s words? Polls show that New Yorkers are pleased with Governor Paterson’s leadership and more concerned with issues rather than political gossip. New Yorkers care about economic development, lowering property taxes, and job creation—all issues that Senate Democrats, led by Malcolm Smith have championed.”
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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. 
