Schneiderman Win Bright Spot for UWS Politics

By [Dan Rivoli] Eric Schneiderman, the Upper West Sider and state senator, won the attorney general race last night, a bright spot in Upper West Side politics. Schneiderman, who won a bruising five-way primary and tough general election, handily beat Republican Dan Donovan, the Staten Island district attorney. He will succeed Governor-elect Andrew Cuomo. The latest tallies show that Schneiderman won with 55 percent of the vote, garnering more than 2.1 million votes to Donovan's 1.7 million. Here's [NBC New York](http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local-beat/NY-Attorney-General-Race-Comes-to-End.html)'s clip of Schneiderman's victory speech: