Emily Ngo reports in Newsday that former New York Governor and Republican presidential candidate George Pataki endorsed Ohio Gov. John Kasich April 14 at 1 $1,000-a-head fundraiser in Manhattan. Pataki predicted, Kasich, “doesn’t just beat Hillary Clinton, he trounces Hillary Clinton,” in a fall election match-up. First, though, the Republicans and Democrats hold a presidential primary in New York April 19. Read the full story in Newsday.