Dinallo Files Papers For Possible N.Y. Attorney General Run

NU Online News Service, Aug. 24, 2:48 p.m. EDT

Eric Dinallo, New York's former insurance superintendent, has filed papers to position himself for a possible Democratic primary run for New York State Attorney General.

Mr. Dinallo, who would be among what is expected to be a crowded field of candidates for the post, recently filed papers with the New York State Board of Elections to form a campaign committee.

But Mr. Dinallo said by e-mail that his action was conditional, and that "my intent is to enter the race to succeed Andrew Cuomo as New York's next Attorney General in the event that he decides not to seek reelection."

Although he has not announced a move for higher office, Mr. Cuomo is widely expected to run for governor amid rumblings that the party would like to see the incumbent Gov. David Paterson forego a run for the post.

Mr. Paterson was lieutenant governor until Gov. Eliot Spitzer resigned after a scandal over his involvement with a call girl.

Mr. Dinallo is a former top associate of Mr. Spitzer who appointed him to the insurance post, which he resigned on July 3 to become the Henry Kaufman Visiting Professor of Finance at New York University's Stern School of Business.

At the time of his resignation, it was reported by NU Online that Mr. Dinallo, who was a high-profile activist as superintendent, would likely become a candidate for the attorney general post.