Karen Paikin

George Pataki's liaison to the Jewish Community, Karen Paikin, was, as of late yesterday, still answering her phone at the governor's Manhattan office.

When she was hired by Pataki, her title was special assistant for community affairs, according to this article.

When I asked her if she was staying on in the new administration, she referred the call to an aide, who said one of the governor's spokespeople would call me back. Then... nothing.

Tom Suozzi swung by Aipac's northeast regional dinner last night, and while chatter at the pro-Israel event was mostly about Hamas, the more domestic-minded raised eyebrows at who was helping steer the County Executive's through the crowd: Governor Pataki's Jewish liason, Karen Paikin.

The Pataki aide "was telling anyone in earshot, 'Isn't he great?'" a reader writes.  read more »