Post State Editor Fredric Dicker is the dean of the Capitol press corps, having covered state government for three decades and he has won every major New York journalism award for his work. Fred has worked at a total of seven newspapers and three television stations. Raised in the Parkchester section of the Bronx, he earned a B.A. in history from Long Island University, an M.A. in history from the University of Mass., and attended Brandeis University for a PhD in American Civilization but withdrew to "focus on the present, and not the past,'' as he likes to say.
ALBANY -- Mayor Bloom berg got it right yesterday with his flip observation that Lt. Gov. Richard Ravitch's scheme to borrow $6 billion to reform state spending "doesn't pass the laugh test." Ravitch's plan...
March 11, 2010 12:00 AMGov. Paterson, liar, liar, pants on fire! Sad to say, Paterson, who's earned a reputation as something of a pathological liar during the past two years, is lying again to the people of New York -- as he continues...
March 08, 2010 12:00 AMIn apparent violation of the law, a top adviser to Gov. Paterson's now-ended campaign provided thousands of dollars' worth of services to the governor for free while lobbying him for the controversial Aqueduct casino...
March 01, 2010 12:00 AMALBANY -- He was already badly wounded and without political friends, but Gov. Paterson's new incarnation as a lame duck leader under criminal investigation will make an already nearly impossible task even worse....
February 27, 2010 12:00 AM
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson bought four more weeks in office -- at best -- by asking Andrew Cuomo to probe his involvement in a scandalous effort to intimidate a battered single mom. But when the AG's pack of former...
February 26, 2010 12:00 AMEliot Spitzer isn't the only disgraced former ally giving embattled Gov. Paterson political advice. Past gubernatorial chief of staff and tax scofflaw Charles O'Byrne -- who became infamous after claiming that...
February 22, 2010 12:00 AM
First, it was February. Then it was March. And now, it's "mid-to-late April" for Andrew Cuomo to -- at long last -- announce his campaign for governor, sources close to the attorney general have told The Post....
February 15, 2010 12:00 AMALBANY -- The wildest thing about the wild rumors sur rounding Gov. Paterson's supposedly imminent resignation is that everybody in the state Capitol -- indeed everybody in the state political community -- is ready to...
February 09, 2010 12:00 AM
ALBANY -- Gov. Paterson is lashing out at top aides for the growing debacle surrounding what they consider a "corrupt" Aqueduct gambling deal decision -- and suggesting that they'll soon be fired, The Post has learned....
February 08, 2010 12:00 AMGov. Paterson is raising eyebrows in political circles by promising to raise an astounding $8 million in the next few months for his looming battle with Attorney General Andrew Cuomo. Paterson, whose dismal Jan. 15...
February 01, 2010 12:00 AMAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver be lieves embattled Gov. Paterson is "history" and may not win enough votes from his own party leaders to be on the primary ballot in September, top Democratic sources have told The Post...
January 25, 2010 12:00 AM
It was crystal clear yesterday that New York's teachers unions aren't just joined at the hip with Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and the Democratic legislative leadership, they ARE part of the leadership. The...
January 20, 2010 12:00 AMThe powerful Brooklyn Demo cratic organization may be about to throw open the door for Harold Ford Jr.'s challenge to US Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, The Post has learned. Kings County Democratic Chairman and...
January 18, 2010 12:00 AMKey Republicans, in cluding former Sen. Alfonse D'Amato, are urging Rick Lazio to drop his long-shot bid for governor and challenge embattled -- and vulnerable -- Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, The Post has learned. D...
January 11, 2010 12:00 AMALBANY -- Maybe Gov. Paterson can save himself after all. If the unpopular governor can achieve even 75 percent of the sweeping reform agenda he laid out in yesterday's State of the State address, he may wind up...
January 07, 2010 12:00 AMPresident Obama still wants Gov. Paterson dumped from the Democratic ticket, even though the field of GOP candidates for governor is weaker now that Rudy Giuliani is out of the race, a high-level source close to the...
January 04, 2010 12:00 AM
Gov. Paterson's security detail has been doubled in the last year for what are being called "political" reasons, and is now bigger than the entire State Police force patrolling Long Island, troopers have told The Post....
December 28, 2009 12:00 AM'Tis the season . . . to pick the winners and losers in state politics during a very turbulent 2009 -- and what a banner year for losers it has been. The people of New York are, again, the biggest losers --...
December 21, 2009 12:00 AMThe war between Gov. Pat erson and the Legislature's Democratic leadership continues to escalate as a top Senate leader has begun boycotting Paterson's events while a senior Senate official called him "an unelected,...
December 14, 2009 12:00 AMALBANY -- The conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno on federal corruption charges makes it more likely that, at long last, the Legislature will pass an ethics-reform measure forcing lawmakers to...
December 08, 2009 12:00 AMAssembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is hit ting back at Gov. Paterson for attacking the Legislature as a pack of political cowards afraid to cut key spending programs despite a runaway budget deficit. "Yes, I'm...
December 07, 2009 12:00 AMAttorney general Andrew Cuomo has rejected several recent offers from prominent Democrats to endorse him for governor in next year's election, The Post has learned. Cuomo told the would-be supporters to wait, that...
November 30, 2009 12:00 AMThe public budget bat tle between Gov. Paterson and the Legislature's Democratic leaders tells only half the story: They're fighting like cats and dogs in private as well. Sources in Paterson's office and at the...
November 23, 2009 12:00 AMThe head of the state Democratic Party -- a key ally of Gov. Paterson -- conceded for the first time yesterday that Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is "prepared" to run for governor next year. State party Chairman...
November 16, 2009 12:00 AMTomorrow's special leg islative session will be an all but certain flop because nervous Democrats, eyeing last Tuesday's suburban voter revolt, are refusing to back Gov. Paterson's plan to slash school and health-care...
November 09, 2009 12:00 AMALBANY -- Gov. Paterson secretly solic ited five free tickets to last week's World Series opener, in apparent violation of the state ethics law, even while publicly claiming it was the Yankees who had "invited" him to...
November 02, 2009 12:00 AMCall it the upstate earthquake felt around the national political world. Yesterday's dramatic decision by Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava, the liberal Republican congressional hopeful, to suspend her campaign in the...
October 31, 2009 9:00 PMTHE hard-fought battle be tween the left, the near-left and the right being waged in New York's 23rd Congressional District has attracted national attention because of its serious implications for scores of...
October 28, 2009 12:00 AMAndrew Cuomo has secretly notified Rudy Giuliani that he will run for governor next year, The Post has learned. The confidential message, conveyed through intermediaries, was delivered to Giuliani recently and is...
October 26, 2009 12:00 AM
GOV. PATERSON'S newly picked head of the state Demo cratic Party yesterday forcefully demanded that embattled Sen. Hiram Monserrate resign immediately from the Senate or be ousted. Democratic Chairman Jay Jacobs,...
October 19, 2009 12:00 AM
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