Allies of Steve Levy and Carl Paladino are uniting at the Conservative Party convention to put a placeholder candidate for governor on the ticket until after the GOP meets next week.

Eliot Spitzer is filling in for Dylan Ratigan again.

Spitzer nemesis (and former US attorney) Michael Garcia will be speaking at the GOP convention.

The Bloomberg administration does not want former Manhattan DA Robert Morgenthau to monitor the FDNY.

Mayor Bloomberg kicked off the holiday weekend in Coney Island.

Maggie Haberman notes neither Rudy Giuliani nor George Pataki has a role in the upcoming GOP convention.

Environmentalists aren’t happy about the parks deal.

SI GOP congressional nominee Michael Allegretti thinks it was “disrespectful” for his primary opponent, Michael Grimm, didn’t seek the party’s nod.

A Chinese immigrant pardoned by Gov. David Paterson has become a US citizen.

AG Andrew Cuomo’s “new” NY theme isn’t so new after all.

Cuomo won a Rochester Business Journal snap poll.

Former President Clinton tried to get Rep. Joe Sestak out of the Pennsylvania Senate race.

Paterson will recommend the appointment of Timothy J. Gilchrist as President of the Moynihan Station Development Corporation.

Bronx Assemblywoman Naomi Rivera won’t have a primary challenger after all.

The UFT launched a radio ad calling for the Legislature to restore the governor’s education cuts.

GLID endorsed Sen. Eric Schneiderman for AG. (No link).

The Nassau/Suffolk Building Trades Council endorsed Nassau County DA Kathleen Rice for AG. (No link).

A straight New York couple is getting married in Connecticut to highlight the fact that gay marriage isn’t legal here.

Rochester Mayor Bob Duffy was a lot more accessible before he became Cuomo’s LG pick.

UFT members rallied against education funding cuts in the Bronx this week.

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