NY Minute: Eliot Spitzer gets a job with CNN

Also: Paterson plan seeks cap on property taxes.

CNNFormer New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer and Kathleen Parker will host an 8 p.m. news discussion show on CNN.

From The New York Daily News:

Eliot Spitzer is going from the dog house to CNN's house. The former New York governor, who stepped down in March 2008 after it was revealed he was stepping out with a hooker, has landed a job at CNN co-hosting a nightly discussion program with conservative columnist Kathleen Parker.

» Read the full story: Eliot Spitzer, ex-NY Gov. who resigned after prostitute scandal, lands co-hosting job at CNN [New York Daily News]
» Eliot Spitzer gets his own CNN political debate show [New York Post]
» Spitzer, Parker to host primetime CNN show [CNN]

In other state news:

» Paterson's new plan seeks cap on property taxes [Newsday]

» New York State pension fund to sue BP over oil spill [The Post-Standard]

» Poll: 80% of New Yorkers say we’re moving in the wrong direction [Capitol Confidential]