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Forget the Inauguration and catch the speech
Dec 30, 2010 7:13 am
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[/caption]New York Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo will break from tradition and deliver his first State of the State address outside of the state Capitol and instead give the January 5 speech in the Empire State Plaza Convention Center. The move that has the Albany press corps in a tizzy today, and Cuomo is quoted in the Albany Business Review as saying that he expects a larger-than-usual crowd. Moving to the convention center will allow members of the public to attend for the first time; and tickets will be distributed through a lottery. “The change in setting is a metaphor for the change we must undergo as a state,” Cuomo said on Wednesday. “We must reconnect with the people and rebuild a relationship of trust.”
Governors use the State of the State message to lay out the broad points of their agenda and budget for the upcoming year. The speech is typically held in a packed Assembly chamber, with no general-public seating. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) and incoming Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Long Island) applauded the change in venue. Cuomo’s address will also be televised. Details on the ticket lottery were not released as of press time.
[/caption]New York Gov.-elect Andrew Cuomo will break from tradition and deliver his first State of the State address outside of the state Capitol and instead give the January 5 speech in the Empire State Plaza Convention Center. The move that has the Albany press corps in a tizzy today, and Cuomo is quoted in the Albany Business Review as saying that he expects a larger-than-usual crowd. Moving to the convention center will allow members of the public to attend for the first time; and tickets will be distributed through a lottery. “The change in setting is a metaphor for the change we must undergo as a state,” Cuomo said on Wednesday. “We must reconnect with the people and rebuild a relationship of trust.”Governors use the State of the State message to lay out the broad points of their agenda and budget for the upcoming year. The speech is typically held in a packed Assembly chamber, with no general-public seating. Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D-Manhattan) and incoming Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R-Long Island) applauded the change in venue. Cuomo’s address will also be televised. Details on the ticket lottery were not released as of press time.