Gov. George Pataki told reporters yesterday that he may not be able to make a decision on whether to recommend a trial for state Comptroller Alan Hevesi's removal before Pataki leaves office at the end of the year.
"It may well be something that doesn't happen over the course of the balance of this year," Pataki said.
David Kelley, the man Pataki appointed to review the Hevesi case, said over the weekend that there is a legal basis to recommend Hevesi's removal but he said a number of legal questions would make a trial premature.