Gov. Andrew Cuomo
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ALBANY -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo is ready to start his second year in office with a State of the State speech that's been kept tightly under wraps.
The Democrat, who gained the national spotlight in his first whirlwind year, has tried to downplay expectations for 2012. He's said he plans to concentrate on the mundane but critical duty of making government agencies run more efficiently and cheaply.
That plan would be a marked departure from his first year, which included landmark legislation including the legalization of gay marriage, a cap on the growth in property taxes, and a millionaire tax which includes a modest but rare cut in taxes for the middle class.
The remaining major items on Cuomo's campaign agenda include creating a form of voluntary public financing of campaigns.
We will stream Gov. Cuomo's address here on CNYcentral.com starting at 1:30 p.m. Click on the video player above to watch.
(Information from the Associated Press was used in this report.)
