The NYT's Big David Paterson Bombshell Will Break Monday, Governor's Resignation To Follow

This past week, a rumor emerged that the New York Times is working on a huge bombshell with plans to "Spitzerize" New York governor
David Paterson.

Several media outlets have reported on these rumors.

Elizabeth Benjamin at The Daily News describes the report as "much worse" than the governor's previous admission of an affair with a state employee, though she declines to name NYT by name.

We've now heard from a single source familiar with the goings on at the Governor's office that the story will likely drop on Monday, and that the governor's resignation will follow.

We've not yet confirmed the timing of the article or the governor's future plans.

Gov. Paterson just can't seem to get away from rumors and reports that he's always on the prowl for women other than his attractive wife, Michelle.

Call this one Close Encounters of the Closet kind. The latest story -- circulating just weeks after The Post reported that two witnesses claimed to have seen Paterson at a New Jersey steakhouse nuzzling the neck of a "family friend" -- involves an alleged encounter 10 weeks ago between Paterson and an unidentified woman in a utility closet at the governor's mansion in Albany.

A state police source who has access to members of the governor's security detail says a trooper was startled while making a routine round. "At one point he opened the door to an electrical closet/utility room that isn't normally used," the source told Post state editor Fredric U. Dicker.

"The trooper opened the door and the first thing he saw was the governor and a woman inside and the two of them snuggling together, embracing. There was nothing more than that, snuggling, and they had their clothes on.