▼ Author Community Vote 24 days ago Danny Hakim Money Flows to G.O.P. Backers of Gay Marriage - — ALBANY — Gay rights advocates from Wall Street to Hollywood poured donations into the coffers of four little-known Republican state senators after the lawmakers provided the decisive votes for same-sex marriage in New York last June … 37 days ago Danny Hakim News Analysis: For Cuomo, Hoping to Maintain First-Year Momentum - — ALBANY — Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo knows he is bound to come back to earth. — After an unusually productive first year in office that made him one of the nation's most popular governors, his challenge in 2012 is maintaining momentum. 75 days ago Danny Hakim Giuliani Is Said to Have Decided Not to Run for Governor - — Former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani has decided not to run for governor of New York next year after months of mulling a candidacy, according to people who have been told of the decision. — His decision is a blow to many Republican leaders … 78 days ago Danny Hakim Cuomo Wants to Shape Ticket in Run for Governor, Advisers Say - — ALBANY — Quietly plotting his campaign for governor, Attorney General Andrew M. Cuomo and his advisers have been discussing potential candidates to run alongside him, to present the most appealing Democratic ticket to the electorate … 126 days ago Danny Hakim For Nixon In-Law, G.O.P. Post and a Giuliani Clash - — ALBANY — He appeared on American television screens nearly four decades ago, a blond-haired Princeton man in cutaway and striped trousers who married Tricia Nixon in a Rose Garden ceremony. — Edward F. Cox became an adored son-in-law … 161 days ago Danny Hakim Giuliani, Seeing Opening, Mulls a Governor Bid - — ALBANY — Nineteen months after ending his disastrous run for the presidency, Rudolph W. Giuliani is clearing a path for a possible race for governor in 2010, believing public anger at an ineffectual Albany and unease over the economy … 162 days ago Danny Hakim Mondello Out, Giuliani In? - ALBANY - After a meeting ... - — ALBANY — After a meeting on Long Island on Friday with Rudolph W. Giuliani, the state Republican Party chairman, Joseph N. Mondello, has decided to call it quits, but he will remain chairman of the Nassau County Republican Party, a party official said Monday. -- 190 days ago Danny Hakim Among Democrats, Fear That Paterson Campaign Lacks Strategy and Fiscal Control - — ALBANY — Can Gov. David A. Paterson get his money back? — Over the past six months, the governor's campaign spent expansively, paying at least 14 consultants to help him improve his position with voters.