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Gov. Paterson admits to sexual affair

by ryan | March 17, 2008 at 07:52 pm | 251 views | add comment | 0 recommendations

In a preemptive move the new Governor of New York, David Paterson, has revealed that he had an extra marital affair for 4 years. These New York politicians sure know how to preempt the media and keep control of the news cycle. Spitzer did the same thing by preempting the publication of his sexual scandal.

In a stunning revelation, both Paterson, 53, and his wife, Michelle, 46, acknowledged in a joint interview they each had intimate relationships with others during a rocky period in their marriage several years ago.

In the course of several interviews in the past few days, Paterson said he maintained a relationship for two or three years with "a woman other than my wife," beginning in 1999.

As part of that relationship, Paterson said, he and the other woman sometimes stayed at an upper West Side hotel — the Days Inn at Broadway and W. 94th St.

He said members of his Albany legislative staff often used the same hotel when they visit the city.

"This was a marriage that appeared to be going sour at one point," Paterson conceded in his first interview Saturday. "But I went to counseling and we decided we wanted to make it work. Michelle is well aware of what went on."