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Now that [[Richard Ravitch]] has been established as Lieutenant Governor, should we 'collapse' the list of 'Acting LTGs' in the Infobox, with the heading ''Acting Lieutenant Governors''? [[User:GoodDay|GoodDay]] ([[User talk:GoodDay|talk]]) 20:51, 22 September 2009 (UTC) |
Now that [[Richard Ravitch]] has been established as Lieutenant Governor, should we 'collapse' the list of 'Acting LTGs' in the Infobox, with the heading ''Acting Lieutenant Governors''? [[User:GoodDay|GoodDay]] ([[User talk:GoodDay|talk]]) 20:51, 22 September 2009 (UTC) |
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"and the highest-ranking black elected official in the history of New York State" |
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H Carl McCall was elected NYS Comptroller in 1994 and 1998, making him both a higher ranking official than the Senate Minority Leader, and still the highest elected Black official in NYS history. |
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Andrew Cuomo
Why isn't he mentioned in the "Senate Appointment" section? He is one of the main candidates fo Hillary Clinton's seat. —Preceding unsigned comment added by Tad Lincoln (talk • contribs) 03:21, 15 January 2009 (UTC)
Corrected NY Post quotation
"Overall, Paterson has chalked up a heavily liberal record during his more than two decades in state government. " is correct, but it did not end with, "It was bad...really, bad." —Preceding unsigned comment added by Aruhnka (talk • contribs) 11:23, 22 February 2009 (UTC)
Acting Lt. Gov.
As of today, it should be Pedro Espada, Jr., not Dean Skelos. Comments? Bearian (talk) 22:02, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- There is no such title as "Acting Lt. Gov." The President pro tem assumes the duties of the Lt. Gov., but those are, AFAIK, limited to presiding over the Senate and taking over if the Governor is incapacitated. He doesn't get an executive office space, doesn't get the pay of a Lt. Gov., and would never be treated as anything other than one of the top legislators in Albany.
- Skelos disputes that Espada and Smith legally acquired their new offices. Until that legal question is resolved, we should be clear that the situation is in dispute.
- Powers T 22:27, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
- O.K. I think you mean that "Smith disputes that Espada and Skelos...." :-) Bearian (talk) 23:12, 9 June 2009 (UTC)
Power rating in lead
I removed "worst" govenor from lead. Maybe work into article with better sources/data. --Tom (talk) 19:13, 16 June 2009 (UTC)
- I have rolled back. The lead did not say "worst", it said this: "Paterson is currently the least popular governor in the United States according to an average of six May 2009 polls, with a net approval/disapproval score of -48" and it is sourced to [1], which is a fine source. The statement is factual, and FiveThirtyEight.com is (among other things) the first blog ever selected as a Notable Narrative by the Nieman Foundation for Journalism at Harvard University. It's at least as credible as Time Magazine or some similar national publication. – Quadell (talk) 17:36, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
- Maybe work it into the body of the article, if at all, but not needed in the lead. Thanks, --Tom (talk) 18:10, 17 June 2009 (UTC)
Article too long...create new article on the Gillibrand Senate appt?
This article is too long, so why don't we take parts of this, Gillibrand's, and Caroline Kennedy's to form a new article on the Kirsten Gillibrand Senate Appointment? 04:09, 25 July 2009 (UTC)
Incorrect Rockefeller information
"With his swearing-in, Paterson became the first Lieutenant Governor elevated to the governorship in New York due to a vacancy since 1973, when Lieutenant Governor Malcolm Wilson became Governor when Nelson Rockefeller resigned in order to serve as Vice-President of the United States in the administration of President Gerald R. Ford."
This is incorrect. Rockefeller resigned as governor in December 1973, while Ford was still vice president, allegedly to devote time to some commissions he'd set up but perhaps to prepare for a final run at the presidency in 1976 or perhaps just to give Wilson a leg up on the 1974 gubernatorial race. Anyway, the point is that Rockefeller did not resign the governorship in order to become vice president, as the next vacancy in the vice presidency (when Ford ascended to the presidency) didn't occur until eight months later. I didn't make the edit because there are footnotes involved and I didn't want to mess it up beyond repair. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 68.172.249.116 (talk) 16:22, 19 September 2009 (UTC)
Lieutenant Governor Ravitch
Now that Richard Ravitch has been established as Lieutenant Governor, should we 'collapse' the list of 'Acting LTGs' in the Infobox, with the heading Acting Lieutenant Governors? GoodDay (talk) 20:51, 22 September 2009 (UTC)
"and the highest-ranking black elected official in the history of New York State"
H Carl McCall was elected NYS Comptroller in 1994 and 1998, making him both a higher ranking official than the Senate Minority Leader, and still the highest elected Black official in NYS history.
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