ALBANY -- As he faces dropping polls, New York Gov. David Paterson is bringing back his longtime chief-of-staff and friend who resigned in October amid a scandal over unpaid taxes.
Paterson says Charles O'Byrne will work as an unpaid adviser in a leadership position for his 2010 election campaign, which is already under way.
O'Byrne helped Paterson, who is legally blind, rise from a senator in the minority Democratic conference to get elected to lieutenant governor in 2006 and to rise to governor in 2007, after Eliot Spitzer resigned.
O'Byrne resigned in October after it was disclosed in press reports that he paid down more than $200,000 in back taxes from years prior.
O'Byrne helped Paterson, who is legally blind, rise from a senator in the minority Democratic conference to get elected to lieutenant governor in 2006 and to rise to governor in 2007, after Eliot Spitzer resigned.
O'Byrne resigned in October after it was disclosed in press reports that he paid down more than $200,000 in back taxes from years prior.
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