CapTon’s Liz Alesse sent this photo from Meeting Room 6 where Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver is hosting a post-State of the State reception.

It’s the standard NYC deli fare – bagels, smoked salmon (lox, for those of you who speak Kosher) with all the trimmings, various cream cheeses, salads and pastries.

This event traditionally took place in the Assembly parlor before the SoS, and, in my humble opinion, was always one of the best parts of the day I like to refer to as “the first day of school.” Everyone from the governor on down would come in and take a lap or two around the table, chatting and eating as they went.

But since Gov. Andrew Cuomo moved his SoS to the Empire State Plaza convention center to, as he put it, send a message that change is indeed possible in change-averse Albany. I thought Silver’s reception would be a casualty of the move, but apparently he’s capable of change, too.

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