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The New York Power Authority's advancement of this, the largest solar initiative in state history, aligns with the state energy plan's direction to increase in-state energy supplies
New York launches huge solar effort Jan 29, 2010
When the truth comes out, I'm confident that I'll be vindicated
Report: N.Y. gov tried to quiet accuser Mar 03, 2010
My first thought was that I wanted to get this over with quickly enough so that I can answer the phone and answer at press conferences and talk about something else
Cuomo said to want Clinton's Senate seat Nov 27, 2008
I feel that the best thing is for me to remain as governor
New York governor faces new charges Mar 03, 2010
So many people are saying I shouldn't run for governor
Paterson to run for N.Y. governor Feb 20, 2010
David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of New York, from 2008 to 2010. During his tenure he was the first governor of New York of African American heritage and also the second legally blind governor of any U.S. state after Bob C. Riley, who was Acting Governor of Arkansas for 11 days in January 1975.
After graduating from Hofstra Law School, Paterson worked in the District Attorney's office of Queens County, New York, and on the staff of Manhattan Borough President David Dinkins. In 1985, he was elected to the New York State Senate to a seat that was once held by his father, former New York Secretary of State Basil Paterson. In 2003, he rose to the position of Senate Minority Leader. Paterson was selected as running mate by then-New York Attorney General and Democratic Party gubernatorial nominee Eliot Spitzer in the 2006 New York gubernatorial election. Spitzer and Paterson were elected in November 2006 with 69 percent of the vote, and Paterson took office as Lieutenant Governor on January 1, 2007.
When Spitzer resigned in the wake of a prostitution scandal, Paterson was sworn in as governor of New York on March 17, 2008. Paterson launched a brief campaign for a full term as Governor in the 2010 gubernatorial election, but announced on February 26, 2010, that he would not be a candidate in the Democratic primary.