NY Governor Andrew Cuomo
BUFFALO – Governor Andrew Cuomo will deliver his 2017 state of the state address at two separate locations on Monday.
On Sunday Cuomo continued a selective roll-0ut of his priorities for 2017 in the lead up to what the media is calling his “State of the State road show” which will include a Monday afternoon stop in Buffalo.
After last week offering up a controversial free tuition plan for some public college students and new measures against cyberattacks, Cuomo on Sunday floated proposals addressing everything from employee wage theft to new protections for senior citizens against abuse in the growing reverse-mortgage industry.
He also called for election law changes, including allowing early voting up to 12 days before Election Day and allowing people to register to vote as late as Election Day.
As expected, given his support for the industry during failed negotiations last year, Cuomo will again this week support bringing ride-hailing services, such as Uber and Lyft, to upstate.
Unlike past years when the governor delivered the message to a joint session of the Legislature, this week he’s hitting the road, giving six speeches over the next three days. The change is reportedly due to strained relations with the legislature after the governor’s salary review commission failed to finalize a proposed salary increase for lawmakers.
He starts the process with an 11 a.m. speech in Manhattan Monday, followed by a 3 p.m. event at the University at Buffalo.
All the speeches this week will be streamed live on www.governor.ny.gov. WRFA will also feature the Buffalo speech during this week’s Community Matters program, Thursday at 5 p.m.
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