With his predecessor's term doomed by a sex scandal, brand-new Governor David Paterson tried to come clean about his own skeletons just hours after assuming office by acknowledging a years-old affair.| Is anybody in Noo Yawk able to keep his/her/its pants on? |
Paterson told the newspaper that he maintained a relationship with another woman from 1999 until 2001. He and his wife, Michelle, eventually sought counselling and repaired their relationship. The couple did not go into details. Paterson said he and the other woman sometimes stayed at Days Inn on Manhattan's Upper West Side, adding that his Albany staff sometimes stayed there as well when they were in city. Paterson said he did not use government or campaign funds to pay for the romantic encounters.