Ken Lovett

David Paterson denied that he made derogatory statements about Michael Bloomberg, and specifically that he equated Bloomberg's temper with Eliot Spitzer's, both of which Fred Dicker reported in today's New York Post.

“I didn’t say any of the things I’m accused of saying,” Paterson said during a press conference in the capitol building in Albany, where he also discussed the O.T.B. deal that was negotiated over the weekend. “He and I never had an acrimonious relationship,” Paterson added.

Paterson said he will not demand a retraction because the article attributed the quotes to “a source” and not to the governor directly.

“But you’re quoted as saying something that you’re now telling us you never said,” said Daily News Albany Bureau Chief Ken Lovett (formerly of the Post), after asking why Paterson wasn’t demanding a retraction.  read more »

There's some movement on the local political beat!  read more »

New York Post reporter Ken Lovett is leaving for the New York Daily News, where he’ll compete head-to-head with his former partner, the Albany titan Fred Dicker.

The shift was confirmed by a reporter in Albany who said Lovett has already cleared out his desk and begun the move. A Daily News publicist declined to comment.  read more »