Spin Cycle

They’re both Democratic congresswomen from New York State who happen to have the same first name.
But Gov. George Pataki this morning mistakenly identified the wrong one at a news conference at Grand Central terminal. It was Rep. Carolyn McCarthy, from Nassau’s 4th district, not Carolyn Maloney, from the 14th district of Manhattan and Queens, who attended.
McCarthy apparently noticed the gaffe but Mayor Michael Bloomberg introduced her correctly later.
Afterwards, a McCarthy aide said Maloney had also been expected at the event, which probably accounted for the confusion.

Emi Endo