Cuomo kicks off statewide tour in Syracuse

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is telling New Yorkers that lobbyists are fiercely fighting his property tax proposal and he needs their help.

He says in a video message released Tuesday that taxpayers need to tell their state legislators to pass the cap or don’t come home.

He’s in Syracuse to kick off a statewide tour pushing his administration’s top priorities, including the legalization of gay marriage. The tour is scheduled to continue through the final weeks of the legislative session which ends in late June.

Cuomo has scheduled the first stop in his "People First" campaign for noon at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse.  In addition to gay marriage and a tax cap, the Democrat is pushing ethics reform in Albany.