• New York minute. The Empire State’s new governor, Andrew Cuomo, calls for a “fundamental realignment” of state government that includes a “radical” shift away from overspending and overtaxing, according to The New York Times. The paper says that Cuomo’s first State of the State address is Clintonesque in its centrist, pro-business themes, and editorializes that the the proposals are “promising if he can pull them off.”