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The governor is the head of the executive branch of the state government. The executive branch carries out the laws. It is the job of the governor to make sure all of the laws passed by the state legislature are enforced. The legislature is a group people who were elected by voters to make laws. The governor oversees the legislature, as well as many of the offices which help run the state government. He or she is also the chief of the state National Guard. The voters of New York State vote for the office of governor every four years. The governor's office is in Albany, the capital city of New York. The governor has the power to sign bills that will then become laws. A bill is a written idea for a law. He or she also has the power to veto bills. This means the bill is not approved and is turned down by the governor. The bill does not become a law. George E. Pataki was elected Governor of
New York in November 1994. He is New York State's 53rd
governor. In November 2002, voters in New York elected Pataki to
serve a
third term as their governor.
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