David Paterson is sworn in as New York State Governor

Sheldon Silver (L), Assembly Majority Leader, State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo (C) and Joseph Bruno, Senate Majority Leader, applause as New York State Governor David Paterson is sworn in at the state capitol in Albany, NY on March 17, 2008. Paterson, who is the state's first black governor, replaces Eliot Spitzer, who stepped down amid charges that he hired a prostitute. UPI Photo/Monika Graff)

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