During the 2010 gubernatorial campaign, then-AG Eliot Spitzer surprised some members of his own staff by coming out against the legalization of medical marijuana during a pre-primary debate with fellow Democrat and then-Nassau County Executive Tom Suozzi

I have to confess I have yet to do more than sample this video, but I intend to watch it in full as soon as I have a breather. This is a video of a panel discussion at NYU Law School earlier this month at which former prosecutors Neil Barofsky and Eliot

Many are to blame for the financial crisis and plenty of reports and analyses have been written detailing assorted causes and assigning responsibility. Overlooked in accepted versions of events are two fateful decisions and their context: Eliot Spitzer’s

ICYMI, Friday night's Overtime segment on HBO's Real Time, Bill Maher with guests Eliot Spitzer, Stephen Moore and Erin Pike. Discussion of Christie and his unsophisticated, pandering positions on marriage and other things begins at mark 5:40. by: you

On Friday night’s “Real Time with Bill Maher” on HBO, former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer broke with his allies on the left and explained why he thought the Supreme Court’s 2010 Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission decision was the right call. T

"It's my home state so I take these things a a little personally," he said. "When somebody from New Jersey does something that I consider sort of backwards, and I consider this backwards on the part of the governor, it bothers me." Real Time With Bill Ma

"It's my home state so I take these things a a little personally," he said. "When somebody from New Jersey does something that I consider sort of backwards, and I consider this backwards on the part of the governor, it bothers me." Real Time With Bill Ma

After a week of heavy emphasis on social issues and a possibly-related surge of Rick Santorum in national polls, Mitt Romney is throwing all of his egss in the Michigan basket, and Bill Maher said on his show tonight that after months of Romney being the

Something odd and interesting happens to a lot of people who become very successful. Once the initial thrill wears off, they come to perceive their success as "a catastrophe" and even as "a kind of death," as the playwright Tennessee Williams famously pu

J. R. Smith may be close to signing with the Knicks , although some unspecified hurdles remain, according to people involved in the decision. Smith can sign with an N.B.A. team after playing the last several months in China. He has been weighing offers a

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is working behind the scenes to resolve the dispute between Madison Square Garden Networks and Time Warner Cable that has deprived sports fans—including Mayor Michael Bloomberg—of watching Jeremy Lin's historic rise and

Attorney General Eric Schneiderman is working behind the scenes to resolve the dispute between Madison Square Garden Networks and Time Warner Cable that has deprived sports fans—including Mayor Michael Bloomberg—of watching Jeremy Lin's historic rise and

Sean Patrick Maloney, a former aide to disgraced former Gov. Eliot Spitzer, said he’s considering a run for the House seat being vacated by Rep. Maurice Hinchey, but has made no decision. “I’m looking at it very closely,” Maloney told Gannett’s Albany Bu

ALBANY — The unveiling of a new exhibit honoring black history featured an artifact not seen in the Capitol for more than a year: former Gov. David Paterson. "I told you all I would be back," he said after being introduced by Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who noted

For most of its history of nearly 90 years, Time magazine has been a staple for the smug, clichéd, only-in-America, lumpen bourgeoisie; the Mencken-roasted, Lucian masses always ready to believe that if it's American it must be the best, and if it's happ

The Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which won a landmark education-equity lawsuit against the state, sent a letter to Gov. Andrew Cuomo today asking for the state to comply with its commitments for funding schools. The courts found that children in New York

ALBANY – Former Gov. David A. Paterson stood in the mural-ceilinged War Room of the state Capitol on Wednesday, just down the hall from the governor’s office. With a crowd of legislators gathered before him, he approached a lectern bearing the state seal

Nathaniel Brooks for The New York TimesDavid A. Paterson, center, with Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, left, and H. Carl McCall at the opening of an exhibition at the Capitol that features profiles of distinguished black New Yorkers. ALBANY – Former Gov. David A.

Over 20 members of the legislative caucus representing racial minorities — including Senate Democratic Leader John Sampson and some of the more senior members of the Assembly — called for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to reverse his proposal to award increases in ed