“New Year's Day is a fresh start and a time to embrace new goals derived from lessons learned over the past year.  Across the state from Buffalo to Brooklyn to Babylon and from the Southern Tier to the North Country, let us seek out opportunities to work together to move our state forward.

I'm excited about the new year and all that it will bring with it including new relationships, renewed commitments and an opportunity for positive change, which will mean a better New York for us all.

I wish all New Yorkers a happy, safe and joy-filled new year of 2015.”