Andrew Cuomo picks Rochester Mayor Robert Duffy as his Lt. Governor candidate

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http://www.nydailynews.com/ny_local/2010/05/26/2010-05-26_andrew_cuomo_picks_rochester_mayor_robert_duffy_as_his_lt_governor_candidate.html

Newly minted gubernatorial candidate Andrew Cuomo has picked the mayor of Rochester as his running mate.

Cuomo's campaign announced Wednesday morning that fellow Democrat Robert Duffy, a former cop, had gotten the nod.

Duffy, who was born in Rochester, graduated from the Aquinas Institute, Monroe Community College and the Rochester Institute of Technology, according to the city's Web site. He joined Rochester's Police Department in 1976, working nights so he could earn a master's degree from Syracuse University. Duffy became deputy chief of police in 1992 and police chief in 1998.

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Cuomo will make a formal announcement of his choice late Wednesday morning at the Sheraton Hotel and Towers in Manhattan.

[Not Me]

1. Duffy is a great choice

Although it will really leave a leadership void for the city of Rochester.

[GodlessBiker]

2. Mayor Duffy supports marriage equality, and, in an op-ed, came out against the main Rochester ...

newspaper which had editorialized that civil unions were enough for same-sex couples.

http://prideagenda.blogspot.com/2009/05/rochester-mayor-robert-duffy-calls-on.html