Chris Ward

On April 10, Christopher Ward was sitting in his midtown office when he got an unexpected phone call late in the afternoon. On the line was a mutual friend of Governor David Paterson’s top aide, Charles O’Byrne, calling with an unusual question.

“He just said, ‘Are you bored?’ And I said, ‘You’re not asking me as my psychiatrist—what are you asking me?’” Mr. Ward, 53, recounted.  read more »