Paterson Breaks Barriers as N.Y.'s New Governor

NPR | By Karen DeWitt

Published March 17, 2008 at 6:00 AM EDT

New York gets a new governor Monday. David Paterson, the state's first black governor and legally blind, will try to get New York back on track after Eliot Spitzer left office amid a prostitution scandal.

Karen Dewitt reports from New York Public Radio.

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