Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren is expected to gather with 28 other political leaders from across the state today to cast the state's electoral votes.
She and the others will formally elect Joe Biden and Kamala Harris the nation's next president and vice president.
State election law requires the electors to convene at noon at the state capitol, ruling out the possibility of a potentially safer virtual meeting instead.
Governor Cuomo argued that a virtual meeting could give President Trump's campaign grounds to challenge the validity of the vote.