This article is about the Governor of New York. For other spellings and people of the same name, see David Patterson (disambiguation).

Following Spitzer's resignation, Paterson was sworn in as the 55th Governor of New York, at the New York State Capitol on March 17, 2008, by New York Chief Judge Judith Kaye.

" Let me reintroduce myself. I am David Paterson and I am the Governor of New York State. "

Paterson speaks during the second day of the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, Colorado.

On July 17, 2008, Paterson was the keynote speaker addressing the 99th annual convention of the NAACP in Cincinnati, Ohio.^[52] Other speakers included Congressman Charles Rangel and U.S. leaderial candidate John McCain.

publicly lobbied for a government bailout of the insurance giant.^[92] He hit the cable networks early^[93] and was quoted by media around the world.^[94]^[95]^[96] The previous day, Paterson had loosened regulations to allow AIG to draw reserves from its subsidiaries.