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About. David A. Paterson (1954– ; Columbia College 1977) became the first African American governor in New York State history and the country’s first legally blind governor in 2008. Paterson had served as a New York State senator since 1985 before being elected lieutenant governor in 2006. Paterson was honored by Columbia College in 2007 ...
David Paterson was born in Brooklyn to Portia and Basil Paterson, later a New York state senator and secretary of state, and deputy mayor of New York City. According to a New York Now Interview, Patterson traces his roots on his mother's side of the family to African Americans of the American colonial era in the American South, primarily in the states of North Carolina and South Carolina.
Paterson did not have the support in the 1993 effort from senior Harlem Democratic leaders, David Dinkins, Percy Sutton, Charles Rangel or his father, Basil Paterson. In 1997, Paterson also campaigned for Manhattan borough president; when he withdrew from the race, he worked for the election of C. Virginia Fields, who won the office.
Paterson Is Praised as Portrait Is Unveiled. Former Gov. David A. Paterson of New York drew praise for shepherding the state through a period of financial turmoil, and for serving as a role model ...
17 de mar. de 2023 · Former Gov. Paterson reflects on 15 years since taking office. Fifteen years ago, David Paterson stood in the New York Assembly chamber surrounded by the state's elected officials and VIPs. "Allow me to re-introduce myself, my name is David Paterson and I am the governor of New York," Paterson said to a standing ovation. A decade-and-a-half ...
In 1985, Paterson joined the campaign staff for David Dinkins’ third campaign for Borough President of Manhattan. That same year, Paterson was elected to the New York State Senate as the youngest state senator in Albany, serving on the State Senate until 2006. In 2002, Paterson was elected the first Black New York State Senate Minority leader.
New York’s 55th governor writes that the New York City mayor is the target of a “well-organized defamation of character campaign” that he knows all too well. By DAVID PATERSON DECEMBER 21, 2023 01:47 PM ET Last week as the press bandied about rumors about a pending indictment of Mayor Eric Adams, I had an unwelcome bout of déjà vu. I …
