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Last Updated on Tuesday, 22 September 2009 01:23 Written by rslcpol Tuesday, 22 September 2009 01:23
From The Record:
New York’s top court on Tuesday narrowly approved Gov. David Paterson’s surprising appointment of a lieutenant governor, reversing a lower court’s decision and the long-standing assumption in Albany that only voters could choose a second in command.
The ruling restores the line of succession to the governor’s seat in Albany, where low poll numbers have sapped Paterson’s political clout and put him under pressure from fellow Democrats not to run for election next year.
Paterson’s lawyers argued that a provision of state law allows the governor to fill vacancies, including Paterson’s July 8 appointment of Richard Ravitch.