Governorship
See also: Executive Chamber of Eliot Spitzer| The Spitzer Executive Chamber | ||
|---|---|---|
| Office | Name | Term |
| Governor | Eliot Spitzer | 2007–2008 |
| Lieutenant Governor | David Paterson | 2007–2008 |
| Secretary to the Governor | Rich Baum | 2007–2008 |
| General Counsel | David Nocenti | 2007–2008 |
| Communications Director | Darren Dopp | 2007–2007 |
| Christine Anderson | 2007–2008 | |
| Director of State Operations | Olivia Golden | 2007–2008 |
| Paul Francis | 2008–2008 | |
| Chief of Staff | Marlene Turner | 2007–2008 |
| Office of the Attorney General | Andrew Cuomo | 2007–2008 |
| Office of the Inspector General | Kristine Hamann | 2007–2008 |
| Office of the Comptroller | Thomas Sanzillo (Acting) | 2007–2007 |
| Thomas DiNapoli | 2007–2008 | |
| Department of Agriculture and Markets | Patrick Hooker | 2007–2008 |
| Department of Banking | Richard H. Neiman | 2007–2008 |
| Department of Civil Service | Nancy G. Groenwegen | 2007–2008 |
| Department of Corrections and Community Supervision | Brian Fischer | 2007–2008 |
| Department of Environmental Conservation | Alexander Pete Grannis | 2007–2008 |
| Education Department | Richard P. Mills | 2007–2008 |
| Department of Health | Richard F. Daines | 2007–2008 |
| Insurance Department | Eric R. Dinallo | 2007–2008 |
| Department of Labor | M. Patricia Smith | 2007–2008 |
| Department of Motor Vehicles | David Swarts | 2007–2008 |
| Department of Military & Naval Affairs | Maj. Gen. Joseph J. Taluto | 2007–2008 |
| Department of Public Service | Patricia Acampora | 2007–2008 |
| Garry A. Brown | 2008–2008 | |
| Secretary of State | Lorraine Cortés-Vázquez | 2007–2008 |
| Department of Taxation and Finance | Robert L. Megna | 2007–2008 |
| Department of Transportation | Astrid C. Glynn | 2007–2008 |
At the traditional midnight ceremony, Spitzer was sworn in as governor of New York on January 1, 2007. A public ceremony was held at 1 p.m. on the same day which featured brass and percussion players from the Empire State Youth Orchestra Bucking tradition, the ceremony was held outdoors – the first outdoor inauguration ceremony in New York for over a century. After taking the oath of office, he attended a concert at the Times Union Center in his honor, headlined by James Taylor and Natalie Merchant.
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