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Monday's Manhattan politics round up

By DNAinfo Staff on September 25, 2009 3:16pm

By Heather Grossman

Gov. David Paterson’s small triumph— Richard Ravitch's LG appointment confirmed by State Supreme Court.

Gov. Paterson not too chatty after President Barack Obama’s distant intro yesterday.

PolitickerNY.com thinks Andrew Cuomo is an Eliot Spitzer redux. The Post says Cuomo's star is rising.

According to the latest Siena poll, voters agree with the prez that Gov. Paterson is a good man that just isn’t getting the job done (PDF).

Here is Obama’s climate change speech at the U.N. this morning.

The president is also meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas—expectations are low.

Listen to comptroller runoff candidates John Liu and David Yassky on Monday’s Brian Lehrer show.

The Daily News says the comptroller runoff could come down to the ethnic vote.

Gotham Gazette looks at next week’s run-off races for comptroller and public advocate, and asks what it really means to be public advocate, anyway.

Monty Burns for mayor.

Mayoral race focuses on education (again).

Two realities are presented in State Senator Hiram Monserrate's domestic violence case. 

Now that the White House has weighed in on Gov. Paterson’s reelection, an already tough road for the governor is made even tougher.

New York’s 2010 gubernatorial election is not the only state race in which the White House is intervening.

Is New York City’s drinking water supply in danger?