Following the release of his memoir, “Black, Blind & In Charge," Gov. David A. Paterson talked to Newsday about the moment when he found out he'd be succeeding Gov. Eliot Spitzer in 2008 and about growing up on Long Island.  Credit: Newsday staff; Photo credit: Craig Ruttle, Ed Betz

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