NY gov. orders background checks of his staff

ALBANY Paterson also released a letter dated Jan. 28, 2007, from Charles O'Byrne to the governor's counsel noting the tax debt, which he has since paid with penalties and interest, and the depression that O'Byrne said led to it. Paterson says O'Byrne first revealed the problems to him in 2004.

Paterson said 60 percent of executive chamber employees didn't have completed background checks and some of the material employees submitted for the checks is lost. Paterson says he just learned of the lack of checks on Wednesday.