NEW YORK -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced today he would push for marijuana to be legalized for recreational use in New York in 2019.

Cuomo said criminal justice reform would be at the top of his priority list for the first 100 days of his third term during a speech in Manhattan, The New York Times reported. Cuomo, a Democrat, will serve with a Democratic Senate and Assembly for the first time.

“The fact is we have had two criminal justice systems: one for the wealthy and the well off, and one for everyone else,” Cuomo said, according to the Times report. "Let’s legalize the adult use of recreational marijuana once and for all. "

Cuomo’s remarks come five months after the state Department of Health submitted a report that found the positives of legal pot use outweigh the negatives. The report estimated recreational marijuana could produce up to $340.6 million in tax revenue in the first year.

Recreational marijuana has been legalized in 10 other states and Washington, D.C.

Cuomo this year changed his stance on recreational marijuana. He previously said he believed it was a “gateway drug.”