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Top Republican says he can work with Paterson

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NY – The top Republican in the New York State Legislature told Hudson Valley business and political leaders that he can work with the new governor on solving a ballooning financial crisis. Dean Skelos, who became Senate Majority Leader earlier this month, said Democrat David Paterson, who became governor, suddenly, in March, is not Gov. Eliot Spitzer. WAMC's Hank Gross has more.