Giuliani Says That Last Week’s National Elections Were Not a Major Rebuke to GOP

11/13/06
In his first public comments about last week’s Democratic sweep of Congress, Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former Republican mayor of New York City, who is a possible 2008 presidential candidate, said on Sunday that he did not view the election as a major rebuke to his party. But he said that Republicans “have to go back to your principles in figuring out how you react to something like this.” (NY Times)

Subway Fare Hike Is Fair, Spitzer Says

11/13/06
Ride, easy straphangers: Your new governor says he'll go the extra mile to avoid hitting you with another round of bus and subway fare hikes.
(NY Daily News)

Spitzer Buries His Cares for Weekend on the Sand

11/12/06
Famous for his intensity, even his ferocity, Eliot Spitzer, the attorney general-turned-governor-elect of New York, is trying out a new persona: beach bum. (NY Times)

Election Doesn’t Shutter Clinton Campaign Offices

11/11/06
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton’s re-election race may be over, but she is hardly closing up her campaign shop or worrying about deep debts. (NY Times)

Gov.-elect Visits Mayor At Mansion

11/10/06
Gov.-elect Eliot Spitzer and Mayor Bloomberg yesterday sat down for a private breakfast at Gracie Mansion that included political gossip and policy talk about the city - such as how to get the stalled Moynihan Station back on track. (NY Post)

Spitzer Picks Advisers, Vows to Ignore Party Affiliation

11/10/06
Governor-elect Eliot Spitzer yesterday unveiled six top advisers who will help steer his hiring and policy decisions as he prepares to launch an ambitious agenda at the start of the new year. (Daily News)

A Curious Lack of Interest in a Senate Seat in Queens

11/10/06
Since Tuesday’s election, much has been made of how the Democratic Party captured numerous seats nationally and in New York State. But there is one race where some Democrats suggest their party missed an opportunity to oust a longtime Republican state senator.
(NY Times)

Spitzer: I'll Use My Mandate

11/10/06
Eliot Spitzer said Thursday his one-sided victory on Election Day has given him a powerful mandate from the people that he can wield when trying to make good on his campaign pledge to reform Albany. (Newsday)

Spitzer Prepares to Take Over

11/09/06
Fresh off winning a new job in a record-shattering landslide, Eliot Spitzer began his first day as the state's governor-elect by laying the groundwork for his new administration.

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Officials Duck Question of How to Deal With Hevesi

11/09/06
A day after state Controller Alan Hevesi resoundingly won a second term, the state's top leaders all said that the next move in determining his fate belonged to somebody else.
(Daily News)