Gov. Eliot Spitzer ignored requests for executive clemency from scores of New York residents, some receiving unjust sentences under the Rockefeller Drug laws while others were convicted under extreme mitigating circumstances. Instead, he granted a full an

Gov. Eliot Spitzer is abandoning his plan to issue driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, saying that opposition is just too overwhelming to move forward with such a policy.

Bloomberg responded to this question from CNN host Wolf Blitzer: “Should illegal immigrants—maybe a million of them in New York State, have driver’s licenses, New York State driver’s licenses? BLOOMBERG: “I do not believe they should. I think an

Spitzer: It's beneath me. It's beneath my office to in any way involve myself with Lou Dobbs. And I think his knowing spread of venom -- the sort of racist venom that has underlined much of the criticism -- I think it's shameful.

Changes Gov. Eliot Spitzer made during the weekend to his plan for driver’s licenses for illegal immigrants doesn’t have state Assembly Minority Leader James Tedisco switching his stance on the issue. “The only way you stand up to a bully is stand u

New York Governor Eliot Spitzer has ordered the words 'temporary visitor' including the expiration date of foreign nationals visiting the U.S. removed from drivers licenses. Mr. Spitzer has also ordered a check-box inviting applicants to automatically reg

The New York State Senate begins hearings this morning on Governor Eliot Spitzer's controversial plan to provide drivers licenses to illegal aliens at a time when a small change in the way they are issued has already been put in place without fanfare.

As a top aide to Gov. Eliot Spitzer accused of political dirty tricks resigned to take a private sector job, the Democratic governor and rival Republican leader Joseph Bruno made it clear the conflict that has gridlocked state government since July will c

Looking at New York Governor Eliot Spitzer’s decision to grant driver’s licenses to illegal aliens, about whom I wrote last week, you have to wonder if he’s ever heard of risk-reward. Apparently Spitzer didn’t convene any meetings even though he

According to the Zogby polling group 58% of all State residents think Governor Eliot Spitzer's plan is a bad idea. In New York City the proposal is opposed by a thin margin, 52-48, 56-37 in the City's suburbs and 64-25 upstate.

Spitzer’s been droning on about the “politics of fear” and his own glimmering moral superiority in trying to document the undocumented but his own party is starting to get nervous. One Republican assemblyman claims that you can’t legally give lice

Governor Spitzer's decision to allow illegal immigrants in New York to obtain driver's licenses is coming under increasing assault on several fronts.

Gov. Spitzer threatened to sue the Bush administration yesterday for refusing to pay for crucial medical care for new immigrants - and criticized it for meddling in his plan to give illegal immigrants a driver's license. "Let us not use artificial barrier

Two days ago, I received a phone call from an MSNBC producer who asked if I could appear on his program to discuss the outrageous decision by several boards of education to teach the Mexican curriculum to students in their schools. Needless to say, I was

Illegal immigrants in New York will be allowed to obtain New York State driver's licenses under a new policy that the Spitzer administration is expected to announce shortly, a source said. Starting in 2008, the Department of Motor Vehicles will accept for