NEW YORK, NY July 18, 2008 —In what has been an historic presidential election cycle, Governor Paterson warned all Americans not to become too complacent about the advancements the country has made in civil rights and race relations.

REPORTER: Speaking on National Public Radio's, "Tell Me More," Paterson says there are several issues that need to be addressed.

PATERSON: While Barack Obama is running for president and Duval Patrick and David Paterson are serving as governors of two of our states, and there are more African Americans in college now than there have ever been, there are also more people going without food and without shelter in our communities than at any time since the Great Depression.

REPORTER: Gov. Paterson is in Cincinnati for the NAACP national convention, where he addressed the group earlier in the day.

Paterson, once a staunch supporter of New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, has since switched his support to presumptive Democratic nominee Senator Barack Obama.