Citizens Connect with Cuomo

November 19, 2008 - New York State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo bypassed questions about his rumored replacement of Hillary Clinton if she assumes the post of Secretary of State and instead focused on the environment, civil and labor laws, consumer fraud, and health care during his community forum at the New York State Fairgrounds.

Hundreds of citizens attended the event with individual concerns about getting their issues heard.

"We have to keep coming and keep trying and eventually things will trickle down," Judeth Laurange of Canton Woods Senior Center said.

While others were just trying to pass the time.

"I got laid off on Friday and I really don't have anything better to do," Ted Kraolvic said.

At sessions headed by Cuomo's staff citizens raised concerns about a variety of issues from not getting their medication sent to the right pharmacy to tax payer dollars being used to provide care to people not from New York State. Most citizens were advised to call the Attorney General's office individually to start the process of fixing it. The question remains, "How long will that take?"

"We got a complaint in June 1997 and we got a resolution last August...that was a quick turn around," Cuomo Health Chief Tim Clune said.

Cuomo will be back in Syracuse on December 2 with a forum about labor issues.

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