Gov. David A. Paterson Friday at a restaurant opening at Kennedy Airport. He said his resignation would weaken his office.
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Mr. Paterson seemed intent on conveying an image of confidence and surety at one of the darkest hours of his career.
"I don't have any plans to resign," he said after a nearly two-hour lunch at the Four Seasons. "At a certain point, I will cooperate with the investigations and will be clearing my name."
He continued to push back against reports that have detailed his administration's intervention into a domestic assault case in which a close adviser was accused of a violent confrontation with a companion.
As Mr. Paterson walked into his office in Midtown Manhattan about 2:30 p.m., he said recent reports about the matter were unsubstantiated rumors.
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