At 5:45 in the morning, most of us are asleep anyway, so there really wasn't a whole lot to do and there wasn't anything that was required. |
At New York Presbyterian, there's a greater depth of resources for the condition. |
Doctors have indicated that the surgery was performed as expected without incident. |
Gov. Pataki is recovering in his room and he is awake, alert and resting comfortably. |
He's actually pretty comfortable. He's walking around. |
He's actually pretty comfortable. He's walking around. He'd much rather be home recuperating, but he understands. |
He's essentially in the same condition that he has been in for the past few days. It's obviously a situation that needs to be corrected. |
I would acknowledge it's difficult not having him here in Albany. Clearly in a perfect world he'd be here using the bully pulpit. |
It was a medical decision by those two. |
It was an arm's-length transaction. |
Taping anyone's private conversations without proper consent is illegal. Printing those conversations -- when they serve no public interest -- is unethical and potentially illegal. |
That blockage was caused by adhesions and was not a result of a surgical error. |
The governor and mayor discussed a number of key state-city issues, such as lower Manhattan development, port security, school funding and the MTA. |
The governor continues to be in good spirits, and he is awake, reading, walking around and conducting state business. |
The governor is a prodigious fund-raiser, and he will continue to raise the funds he needs to support the candidates and advance the ideas that are important to the future of the Republican Party. |