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NY Governor To Lead Spring Trade Mission To Cuba

WAMC Northeast Public Radio | By Dave Lucas
Published February 26, 2015 at 7:58 PM EST
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Governor Andrew Cuomo plans to visit Cuba this spring for a state trade mission to the communist nation.

Cuomo and Jose Ramon Cabanas, chief of the Obama administration's Cuban Interests Section, say Thursday that the New York Democrat will lead a delegation to Cuba on April 20.

Cuomo said when he released his state budget proposal last month that he planned to go to Cuba to open new markets for New York companies. His plan was unveiled five weeks after President Barack Obama said the U.S. would begin talks with Cuba on re-establishing diplomatic relations that were cut off in 1961.

The New York mission will include state government officials and business leaders.

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Dave Lucas
Dave Lucas is WAMC’s Capital Region Bureau Chief. Born and raised in Albany, he’s been involved in nearly every aspect of local radio since 1981. Before joining WAMC, Dave was a reporter and anchor at WGY in Schenectady. Prior to that he hosted talk shows on WYJB and WROW, including the 1999 series of overnight radio broadcasts tracking the JonBenet Ramsey murder case with a cast of callers and characters from all over the world via the internet. In 2012, Dave received a Communicator Award of Distinction for his WAMC news story "Fail: The NYS Flood Panel," which explores whether the damage from Hurricane Irene and Tropical Storm Lee could have been prevented or at least curbed. Dave began his radio career as a “morning personality” at WABY in Albany.
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