WPCNR ALBANY ROUNDS. November 10, 2007: The New York Times reported Saturday Governor Eliot Spitzer has not ruled out abandoning  his plan to make it possible for illegal aliens in New York  to be issued drivers licenses, a program that has created great controversy. The Times reports the Governor as saying, "Sometimes you put out an idea and there isn't much support, and you can try to persuade people and you see where you go.I don't think there's ever been an executive, a president, a governor who hasn't put out ideas, that at the end of the day there isn't support, and so things don't work out, but as of now, sure, I think this is the right idea from a security perspective. We'll wait and see."

The Governor's Press Office did not have a statement on confirming this apparent  official softening of the Governor's resolve on the issue, and said they would get back to WPCNR.  The Press Office did not have a timetable when asked when the Governor would decide Yes or No, or whether the program would be suspended from implementation while the Governor was thinking about it. The Press Office did not have a comment on whether a lawsuit filed challenging the legality of the Governor's program under Department of Motor Vehicle Law had been the impetus behind the Governor's reported possibility of dropping the program. The Press Officer said they would get back to WPCNR on that.

The lawsuit was filed under the auspices of Judge Watch, on October 31, two days before Governor Spitzer and Department of Homeland Security chief, Michael Chertoff announced jointly in Washington, D.C., that the Governor would modify his labeling of licenses issued to Illegal Aliens by marking them as Invalid for Travel, and that New York would issue three types of licenses: a REAL I.D.--compliant license for travel across borders, a  New York Driver's License for Citizens, and a third class for Illegal Aliens, so indicated.

The lawsuit, was filed on behalf of James Staudenbraus by Borovina & Marullo, PLLC of Melville, New York.