Traditionally, incoming Governors issue a series of executive orders on their first day in office.

This dual set of territorial officials would lead to political trouble for the incoming governor.

Several Democratic leaders, however, said that it was customary for an incoming governor to select the person who will lead the party.

Albany, by contrast, has a long history of doing nothing much at all to prepare an incoming governor and his aides.

The incoming governor, Eliot Spitzer, says he will work to get more than the court's minimum for city schools.

The incoming Governor, Bill Clements, said he wanted to spent $400 million to deal with the prison problems.

It is both standard practice and common courtesy for the incoming governor to avoid overshadowing his predecessor at his last major official event.

"This accord can only be termed in my opinion as a suggestion by the outgoing governor to the incoming governor and nothing more," he said.

Relations with the incoming Governor, Pete Wilson, will be particularly strained because he endorsed it.

The Democratic Hawkins held the position till March 1889 when he was replaced by an incoming Republican governor.