Rarely do we (downstate) New Yorkers look towards our Capitol in Albany for technology innovation. However, with the changes in government this past year, we’ve started to hear about a shift in systems for the better. The Sunlight Foundation’s Ellen Miller noted this back in June in “Grace and Brilliance Under Fire in Albany,” writing about NY State Senate chief information officer Andrew Hoppin and his team. Hoppin and his team also came to the 7o0 person NY Tech Meetup in June to discuss their plans with the NYC tech community as a whole. At the recent Yahoo! Open Hack Day in New York, I got to sit down with Noel “NoNeck” Hildago who works with Hoppin as Director of Innovation and…