If you're an elected official, it's pretty hard to have any off-the-record moments anymore, even among your closest friends. That's the takeaway from NY1 reporter Josh Robin's review of Lloyd Constantine's book about his one-time friend Eliot Spitzer.
The book is "more proof of the theory bubbling around Washington and New York that Read More
NY1 reporter Josh Robin Tweets:
"Top Paterson aides and advisors do not know where he is right now, and haven't been able to reach him."
UPDATE: Paterson's director of communications, Peter Kauffmann, knows where his boss is. He emailed me to say, "He is in New York City. I have no idea what Josh is talking Read More
That answer got some unflattering attention, and brought up reminders about how the mayor pursued a third term after publicly saying he wouldn't.
I never quite found a way to ask the question that NY1's Josh Robin managed to put to Michael Bloomberg today, during the off-topic part of the mayor’s Q&A:
Robin: “Is there a guarantee that you’re not going to run after, presumably, you win this time?”
Bloomberg: “The law does not permit it.”
Robin: Read More
