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"People know who they love," former governor David Paterson told The Observer last night, as he worked his way through a lamb cutlet. He and a host of other New York power players had gathered at the Four Seasons restaurant to celebrate the marriage of Bill White, former President of the Intrepid museum, and longtime partner Bryan Eure. While the couple's nuptials were the primary purpose for the lavish gathering, the evening offered various politicos the perfect opportunity to voice their support for gay marriage writ large. Read More

Former Gov. David Paterson scored a rare interview with his successor, Gov. Andrew Cuomo for his drive time radio show today and the two discussed the Occupy Wall Street protests that have been roiling much of the nation and recently visited Albany.

This morning The Post's Fred Dicker reported that Gov. Cuomo tried to clear the Albany park where the protesters were camped out, only to be defied by Mayor Jerry Jennings.

"I have total respect for the right of the demonstrators," Mr. Cuomo said. " It wasn't too long ago, David, that I was out there myself, demonstrating with Russell Simmons on the Rockefeller drug laws. We had thousands of people show up in New York City, we had Jay-Z and Fifty Cent and we had a mini concert."

It is probably worth nothing that throughout the interview Gov. Cuomo frequently referred to Gov. Paterson as "David," while his predecessor addressed him as "Governor." Read More

The President started a Tumblr today, another arrow in the old social media quiver leading into the 2012 campaign.

According to his Hello, World post, "We’d like this Tumblr to be a huge collaborative storytelling effort—a place for people across the country to share what’s going on in our respective corners of it and how we’re getting involved in this campaign to keep making it better." Read More

Gubernatorial girlfriend Sandra Lee cemented her status as a true domestic diva with her Halloween specials that premiered on the Food Network yesterday. "Sandra Lee's Halloween Wonderland" featured over ten elaborate costume wardrobe and "magic mushrooms." Read More

On Saturday, the High Line found another use for its sprawling public space—that is, other than as a cruising site or vantage point for watching the sun set over New Jersey. In an event called A Social Soup Experiment, Friends of the High Line teamed up with Eater, Edible Manhattan, Slow Food and The Green Table for their first ever communal meal. Read More

Iranian demonstrators gathered in Tehran Saturday at an Occupy Wall Street inspired protest where they showed support for the demonstrators downtown by holding signs that said "We are the 99%" and chanting for the death of America.
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On Friday, we offered you an ambiguous-sounding sneak preview of Urs Fischer’s current exhibition at Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, the artist’s first major New York outing since his New Museum retrospective two years ago. On Saturday night, we attended the show’s opening; herewith a more complete description.
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A number  of lawmakers gathered at a public school in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn to implore Mayor Mike Bloomberg to allow parents to opt out of his new sex-ed curriculum.

"New York is a multi-cultural city whose residents hold a variety of deeply held beliefs and social traditions," said former Democratic State Assemblyman Michael Benjamin , the Executive Director of the New York City Parents' Choice Coalition. "It's wrong to force them to choose between what the City is planning and no sex education at all. Parents who want a more traditional, abstinence-based sex education curriculum for their children should be able to have that." Read More

Just shy of six weeks after the protests began in Manhattan, Occupy Wall Street has become a worldwide phenomenon and everyone has weighed in from the White House to ghosts of New York politicians past. Here's our roundup of reactions to Occupy Wall Street from political figures. (All images via Getty)