David A. Paterson

David Paterson


Chair of the New York Democratic Committee
In office May 21, 2014 – November 4, 2015
Preceded by	Keith L. T. Wright
Succeeded by	Andrew Cuomo
55th Governor of New York
In office March 17, 2008 – December 31, 2010
Lieutenant	Joseph Bruno (Acting) Dean Skelos (Acting) Malcolm Smith (Acting) Pedro Espada Jr. (Acting) Richard Ravitch
Preceded by	Eliot Spitzer
Succeeded by	Andrew Cuomo
Lieutenant Governor of New York
In office January 1, 2007 – March 17, 2008
Governor	Eliot Spitzer
Preceded by	Mary Donohue
Succeeded by	Joseph Bruno (acting)
Minority Leader of the New York State Senate
In office January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2006
Preceded by	Martin Connor
Succeeded by	Malcolm Smith
Member of the New York Senate from the 30th district
In office January 1, 2003 – December 31, 2006
Preceded by	Leon Bogues
Succeeded by	Bill Perkins
Member of the New York Senate from the 29th district
In office December 10, 1985 – December 31, 2002
Preceded by	Leon Bogues
Succeeded by	Thomas Duane
Personal details
Born	David Alexander Paterson (1954-05-20) May 20, 1954 (age 62) New York City, New York, U.S.
Political party	Democratic
Spouse(s)	Michelle Paige
Children	2
Education	Columbia University (BA) Hofstra University (JD)
Signature

The Paterson Executive Chamber
Office	Name	Term

Governor	David Paterson	2008–

Lieutenant Governor	Richard Ravitch	2009–

Secretary to the Governor	William J. Cunningham III (Acting as)	2008–

General Counsel	Terryl Brown-Clemens	2008–

Communications Director	Risa Heller	2008–

Director of State Operations	Dennis Whalen	2008–

Chief of Staff	Jon Cohen	2008–

Office of the Attorney General	Andrew Cuomo	2008–

Office of the Inspector General	Joseph Fisch	–

Office of the Comptroller	Thomas DiNapoli	2008–

Department of Agriculture and Markets	Patrick Hooker	2008–

Department of Banking	Richard H. Neiman	2008–

Department of Civil Service	Nancy G. Groenwegen	2008–

Department of Corrections and Community Supervision	Brian Fischer	2008–

Department of Environmental Conservation	Alexander Pete Grannis	2008–

Education Department	Richard P. Mills	2008–

Department of Health	Richard F. Daines	2008–

Insurance Department	Eric R. Dinallo	2008–

Department of Labor	M. Patricia Smith	2008–

Department of Motor Vehicles	David Swarts	2008–

Department of Military & Naval Affairs	Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto	2008–

Department of Public Service	Gary A. Brown	2008–

Secretary of State	Ruth Noemí Colón (Acting)	2010–

Department of Taxation and Finance	Robert L. Megna	2008–

Department of Transportation	Astrid C. Glynn	2008–2009

David Alexander Paterson (born May 20, 1954) is an American politician who served as the 55th Governor of New York, in office from 2008 to 2010. He was the first African American governor of New York 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. Since leaving office, Paterson has been a radio talk show host on station WOR in New York City, and was in 2014 appointed Chairman of the New York Democratic Party by his successor as governor, Andrew Cuomo.

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.

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