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Vance Makes It Official, Lauds Morgenthau, Pledges Fairness

Cyrus Vance Jr., reportedly Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau's chosen successor, officially announced his candidacy for the office this morning on the steps of City Hall, paying homage to his former boss' decades of service and saying he would "build on that tradition." "In the last 75 years there have only been three elected district Read More

Who Wants to Be the Next Morgenthau?

Now that reports are out saying 89-year-old Manhattan District Attorney Robert Morgenthau won’t seek re-election this year, there's a vacancy in one of the most coveted offices in New York. Already running for the seat is Morgenthau’s 2005 challenger, Leslie Crocker Snyder, who said in 2005 that Morgenthau had been in office for too long. Read More

Consultants on Replacing Clinton: Great Demands, Limited Bench

A couple of interesting, educated takes on what David Paterson might be thinking about when it comes to replacing Hillary Clinton in the Senate:

Rodney Capel, the former executive director of the state Democratic Party, said that the governor should pick a replacement for Hillary Clinton’s senate seat that benefits his re-election chances.

The new senator should Read More