Aside from Paladino's strong personal vote there, you can see in the above map that Paladino's strength extended to the counties near Buffalo. (His running mate, Gregory Edwards, is from Jamestown in neighboring Chautauqua County). Far Western New York has a history of strongly supporting candidates from the region, whatever their party, since there is a major cultural/political divide between that region of the state and its traditional political power center of New York City. Tom Golisano of Rochester is an excellent example of this - his Independence Party actually won Monroe County in 2002.
