Sentences with phrase «wake of his prostitution scandal»

«I thought the most appropriate first guest would be the gentleman who got me my last job,» cracked Paterson, making not the first joke about Spitzer's immolation in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

In the wake of the prostitution scandal that eventually forced him from office, Spitzer came under fire for (among other things) hypocrisy, with critics noting that he had busted at least two prostitution rings when he was AG and portrayed himself as a champion of women's rights.

Paterson at the time was the highest - ranking black elected official in New York history, but he rose still higher when he was tapped to serve as Gov. Eliot Spitzer's lieutenant govenror, and then ascended to the governor's office in 2008 when Spitzer was forced to resign in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

It's about having another choice,» he said, adding that he felt Mr. Spitzer had an «unparalleled» record as attorney general and may have gone on to become a great governor had he not been forced to resign in he wake of a prostitution scandal.

Ironically, Cortes - Vazquez was later put in the awkward position of having to accept Spitzer's resignation in the wake of his prostitution scandal.

Thanking family, friends and his campaign staff, the victorious candidate energized the crowed and made a «promise to bring integrity, experience and leadership» to the office — a less - than - subtle final dig at Mr. Spritzer, who was forced to resign five years ago in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

After Spitzer resigned in the wake of a prostitution scandal, Paterson was sworn in as governor of New York on March 17, 2008.

At the moment, he is perhaps best known as the guy who declined to prosecute former Gov. Eliot Spitzer in the wake of the prostitution scandal that forced the now - leading NYC comptroller candidate from office in 2008 — a fact that could come back to bite him should he decide to pull the trigger on a statewide run in 2014.

Then, in 2008, Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned from office in the wake of his prostitution scandal, and plans for the new station and stadium were shelved.

Eliot Spitzer, in the wake of the prostitution scandal that forced him to resign.

Spitzer resigned as New York's governor in 2008 in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

Paterson, who succeeded Eliot Spitzer as governor in 2008 after Spitzer resigned in the wake of a prostitution scandal,...

That scandal lasted long after Spitzer himself was forced to resign in the wake of his prostitution scandal.

Elliot Spitzer resigned last year in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

Not exact matches

When he ascended to his current post in the wake of Gov. Eliot Spitzer's March 2008 prostitution scandal, Paterson and his family started using the executive mansion part - time.

(Recall that Gov. David Paterson admitted on live TV not long after he ascended in the wake of former Gov. Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal that he did both cocaine and pot when he was in his 20s).

Paterson's tenure has been decidedly rocky, and whatever success he has managed to achieve in keeping the state out of the red is greatly overshadowed by the David Johnson / domestic violence scandal that led him to drop his plan to run for the office he inherited in the wake of Eliot Spitzer's prostitution scandal and ongoing Yankees tickets investigation that will likely far outlast his brief stint in the governor's office.

He played a role in the Troopergate scandal, but was nevertheless retained by David Paterson when he ascended to the governor's office in the wake of Spitzer's prostitution scandal.

The former lieutenant governor's approval rating soared last autumn, after he took office in the wake of Eliot Spitzer's resignation amid a prostitution scandal.

In the wake of the Eliot Spitzer prostitution scandal that went down yesterday, The Advocate looks at how the rise of the state's first legally blind and African American governor, David Paterson, might work in favor of gay rights legislation: