Representative Greg Meeks told reporters on Saturday that nobody mentioned Andrew Cuomo during the closed-door meeting Al Sharpton held with black and Latino elected officials to discuss David Paterson.
"There was no discussion of any candidate," Meeks said. They only discussed how to proceed with a progressive agenda, he told reporters.
Meeks also said that Paterson, Read More
Brian Simon, a long-time aide to Rep. Greg Meeks, has left for a new job with Senator Kirsten Gillibrand.
Simon will be Gillibrand's deputy state director, according to a spokesman for Gillibrand who confirmed the hiring. Simon once considered running for City Council, but backed out after term limits were extended.
His departure from Meeks' office Read More
ALBANY—After receiving a standing ovation in Brooklyn during a "community conversation" there last week, David Paterson will travel this week to St. Albans for a similar forum.
These events represent Paterson trying to shore himself up with a critical constituency--African-Americans from the five boroughs. This event will be held at the St. Albans Read More
I and a few other reporters were looking forward to attending Greg Meeks’ event tonight in Queens, where the list of honored guests includes Patrick Gaspard, the House aide whose reported attempt to convince David Paterson not to run in 2010 caused such chaos recently.
Gaspard, who is working on a health care Read More
ALBANY—Representative Greg Meeks is downplaying the severity of the message White House officials sent to David Paterson--which was revealed in newspapers Sunday--and his role in relaying it.
"In conversations that I've had with several members of the administration, there were concerns," Meeks said last night on Capital Tonight. "Some of those concerns I Read More
"First of all, I don't think Barack Obama is that stupid," Barron said. "He knows that is not something you say at this point, or at all."
Barron also said, "Mind your business, Barack."
ALBANY—Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson was in the thick of things today, shaking hands with the president and exchanging a brief pleasantry. He was reportedly dining Friday evening with David Paterson and Representative Greg Meeks when the news that the White House wanted Paterson to step aside was delivered. Sampson sat between Paterson and Read More
Here’s an invitation for Representative Greg Meeks’ annual congressional award gala on October 2 in Queens. Among the honorees is Patrick Gaspard, Obama’s political director.
Both Meeks and Gaspard are reported to have carried the message from Barack Obama to David Paterson telling him not to run next year.
The event is a Read More
"I'm extremely grateful," said Gillibrand, as she stood flanked by the two representatives in front of four reporters and one television Read More
As he walked out of a St. Patrick’s Day breakfast at St. Bart’s church on 51st Street on March 17, Mr. Paterson told The Observer, “Somebody once Read More
If Hillary Clinton’s becomes Barack Obama’s Secretary of State, Governor David Paterson fills her vacancy in the Senate.
Speculation began immediately about what he might do, and here, compiled with the help of readers, is a rundown of some of the possibilities. The list is not comprehensive. It is not scientific. It is not Read More
“I think she hit a home run,” he said when I asked him about the Read More
Here’s a clip from About halfway through, Powell says, “We’ve lost our backbone.” He adds later, “A lot of us have become spineless Democrats.”Towns voted against FISA. In case you’re wondering, Democratic members of Congress from New York who supported FISA include Tim Bishop and Carolyn McCarthy of Long Island; Gary Ackerman, Greg Meeks Read More
Representatives Greg Meeks, Yvette Clarke and Ed Towns put out a joint statement just now endorsing Barack Obama for the Democratic nomination. They are planning a 1 p.m. press conference at City Hall on Friday. There's another press conference happening in D.C. at 1 p.m. today.
All of them they previously endorsed home-state Senator Read More
I just asked Representative (and Clinton superdelegate) Carolyn Maloney which is a better indicator to determine the Democratic nominee: the popular vote--which the Clinton campaign says it is winning--or the delegate count.
"We have to follow the procedures and the rules," Maloney said, after an unrelated press conference on the City Hall steps. "That's how Read More
