Michelle Paterson

During a nearly half-hour press conference at the state capitol in Albany, David Paterson said he has had affairs with "several" women, two of whom had at one point been on the state payroll.

The governor, who was accompanied by his wife Michelle, said it is a personal matter and did not violate any laws.  read more »

Print and television reporters are lining up outside the entrance to the executive chambers, waiting for David Paterson's noon press conference, where he's expected to discuss his extramarital affair.

Earlier this week, Assemblyman Keith Wright was quoted in the Times Union saying that David Paterson "has been vetted 10 times as much as anybody."

But when I asked if he knew about Paterson's affair, Wright said, "No. No. Not at all."

"It was a personal situation," Wright told me over the phone. "When I was talking about vetting, it was in terms of his public life."  read more »

New first lady Michelle Paterson was supposed to have made her first public appearance since her husband was sworn in, at City College this morning, to discuss childhood obesity.

It also would have been her first public appearance and since she and her husband admitted to both having extra-marital affairs.

But she didn't show.

From Choire Sicha, who's in the field and apparently very busy:  read more »