Even by Chuck Schumer standards, there were a lot of cameras set up outside the Farley Post Office in midtown, where he and Attorney General Eliot Spitzer were expected to denounce illegally mailed cigarettes. As Mr. Spitzer and the press pack waited for the Senator to arrive, Mr. Schumer's press secretary, Risa Heller, fielded a steady stream of requests from the networks. "Everybody's going to want to do a one-on-one," an NBC producer told her. "I want you to have a one-on-one; he wants you to have a one-on-one," Ms. Heller assured a producer from Fox News.
"Next thing, he's going to force President Bush to sign an executive order banning A.T.M. fees," one member of the crowd joked.
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