Governor Andrew Cuomo wrapped up his regional State of the State addresses in the Capital Region on Wednesday.

During his remarks at the University at Albany, Cuomo -- who delivered six addresses across New York between Monday and Wednesday, rather than deliver one address in the state's capital -- touched on a number of topics relevant to both the Capital Region and the state at large, ranging from water infrastructure improvement to revitalization of upstate business.

"We brought taxes down across the board -- literally, on every level ... and New York became more business-friendly," Cuomo said. "And we woke up Albany to an important fact, and the important fact was that upstate matters."

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A major part of the speech was the governor's proposal for what he called the largest multi-use trail in the nation, the Empire State Trail that would stretch 750 miles across the state and connect the Erie Canalway to the Hudson River Valley Greenway.

"You could bring tourism dollars off this trail and bring them to [these] communities," Cuomo said. "There are hundreds and hundreds of destinations along the way ... and we would put it all together and organize it. I believe we could attract people from, literally, around the world to come here."

The governor also lobbied for ride hailing services to be legalized upstate.

"If it's legal for downstate, it should be legal for upstate," Cuomo said. "You tell your legislators, 'Pass ride sharing or don't come home ... unless it's in a Lyft or an Uber.' "

When it came to addressing political corruption, Cuomo introduced a widespread proposal that included limiting outside income for politicians and creating a full-time legislature; term limits for elected officials; an independent advisory opinion before earning outside income; closing the LLC loophole; more financial disclosure for elected officials; reforms to FOIL for the legislature; and procurement reforms.

"[Critics] will say ethics reform is never enough," Cuomo said. "But the public support is important, and ... we are limited by our public support. If our legislature wants to do all they can, we need to improve the public trust.

"If [people] knew we were 100 percent total integrity, if we had that confidence, there's nothing we couldn't do."

Cuomo proposed the $2 billion Clean Water Infrastructure Act to protect water for local communities.

"I don't want to find out years from now that, inadvertently, we were allowing [children] to drink water with trace chemicals that were bad for them," the governor said.

Cuomo revisited his proposal for a child care tax credit, as well as his proposal for tuition-free college for families who make $125,000 or fewer per year.

Another proposal was for $15 million of investments to build "a rail hub for the 21st century" in Schenectady, as well as a 60,000-square foot "industrial incubator" and an air cargo distribution center to redevelop and revitalize Plattsburgh's airport.

The governor said $38 million is being awarded for that redevelopment.

Cuomo said state government has done "a lot of good work over the past six years," noting that the economy has gone from 8.4 percent unemployment to 5.1 percent at present.

"The good news is that economic success is all across the state," the governor said. "This success is across all of upstate New York. ... New York today has more private-sector jobs today than it has ever had in its history."

In closing, Cuomo said that, despite what he called "frightening times" following a contentious election season, New York would be a place of equal rights and equal opportunity "regardless of who you are and regardless of where you come from.

"The New York experience is different. It is unique. ... We were the welcome mat for all immigrants who arrive here. We grew up with diversity. You want to deport immigrants? Deport me. I'm an immigrant. We are all from somewhere else, and we've learned in New York that you can take people from all across this globe, bring them together and make one community from them."