STATEMENT FROM THE OFFICE OF GOVERNOR DAVID A. PATERSON

At approximately 11:30 a.m. Governor David A. Paterson was diagnosed with acute glaucoma in his left eye. The Governor is being attended by Dr. John Danias, an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at Mount Sinai Medical Center and an expert in glaucoma. The Governor is now undergoing an iridotomy, a routine, outpatient laser procedure to relieve pressure on that eye. The operation will not have any long-term impact on the Governor’s overall health. The Governor will remain conscious throughout the procedure, but in an abundance of caution, the Senate Majority Leader and the Assembly Speaker were advised of this pursuant to standard protocol.