• At an event in Midtown, Mayor Bloomberg turned to reporters and addressed Mr. Spitzer’s troubles. “I did talk to Governor Spitzer this morning, and I told him my thoughts are with him, and wished him all the best, and said if he ever wanted to talk, wanted my advice, I’d be happy to give it to him. But any conversations I would have with the governor are just between the governor and me. That’s always been the case. It was the case with Governor Pataki and the case with Governor Spitzer. These are private conversations. But I did wish him all the best and told him that I was thinking about him and his family.”

• In a statement, the executive director of Citizens Union, a group that endorsed Mr. Spitzer and has supported his Albany agenda, Richard Dadey, called for the governor to resign: “Mr. Spitzer made his career as a crusader fighting corruption and pursuing wrongdoing. He campaigned on a theme of changing the way business is done in Albany and pledged to conduct himself according to a higher set of ethical standards. Eliot Spitzer has now lost the credibility to continue to serve as an effective Governor and a believable agent for reform.”

• Governor Spitzer is said to have used the alias George Fox when he allegedly checked into the Mayflower Hotel with a prostitute on February 13. Yesterday, a spokesman for the real George Fox, a hedge fund investor and friend of Mr. Spitzer, released the following statement:

“Published reports indicate that Governor Eliot Spitzer allegedly used the name ‘George Fox’ as an alias in the activity currently under investigation. Mr. Fox has known Governor Spitzer for more than 20 years and has been a supporter during the Governor’s various political campaigns.

“The news that his name may have been used as an alias comes as a great surprise and disappointment. Mr. Fox only became aware of Mr. Spitzer’s alleged activity when informed of it Monday morning by the media. There is absolutely no connection between Mr. Fox and the Governor’s alleged activity beyond the unauthorized use of his name.”

• Governor Spitzer’s brother, Daniel Spitzer, a neurosurgeon, told the Wall Street Journal: “If men never succumbed to the attractions of women, then the human species would have died out a long time ago.”