The Cuomo Team is officially announced.......more to come....andy
TIMESUNION.COM
By Jimmy Vielkind Capitol Bureau
Published: 12:00 a.m., Friday, December 10, 2010
- Steve Cohen, secretary to the governor ()
The list is a mix of men and women, old friends and new, that does a fair job reflecting the diversity of the state. The appointments were made with the help of transition teams Cuomo announced last month following his election.
Cuomo will draw four senior aides from his current office, including Steve Cohen, who will hold the top job of secretary to the governor. Ben Lawsky, another close Cuomo confidant who -- unlike Cohen -- worked on the campaign, will hold the title of chief of staff. The men's jobs could overlap because the duties are yet to be strictly defined.
Cuomo is naming two men who served his father Mario during his own years as governor.
They are Andrew Zambelli, who was secretary to Mario Cuomo before founding a communications research firm, and Howard Glaser, who also served the younger Cuomo when he was federal secretary of Housing and Urban Development in the 1990s.
Cuomo named Yrthya A. Dinzey-Flores as chief diversity officer. She comes from the Toyota Foundation, and has a background in philanthropy and community relations.
Gov. David Paterson said this recently created position would be critical to keeping some of his work to increase participation by minority- and women-owned businesses in the state, and some Hispanic leaders pressured Cuomo to fill the office with a person of Hispanic descent.
"I am privileged to welcome such a diverse group of extraordinary talent to help our administration take on the challenge of restoring our state government and making it work for the people once again," Cuomo said in a statement.
Steve Cohen
Secretary
With Cuomo: Served as attorney general's counselor and chief of staff.
Other experience: Partner at Cooley Godward Kronish; member of the firm's litigation department. Spent most of 1990s as assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he ran the Violent Gangs Unit.
Etc.: Served for a decade as adjunct professor at Columbia Law School teaching federal criminal prosecution.
Mylan L. Denerstein
Counsel to the governor
With Cuomo: Served as the executive deputy attorney general for social justice for entire attorney general term, handling cases related to civil rights, environmental protection, health care and labor.
Other experience: Served as the deputy commissioner for legal affairs for the New York City Fire Department. Served in the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District, from 1996 to 2005, rising to became deputy chief of the Criminal Division.
Etc.: A year ago, she was identified as a leading contender to become the first woman commissioner of the FDNY.
Yrthya A. Dinzey-Flores
Chief diversity officer
Experience: Manager at the Toyota USA Foundation and Program Officer for National Philanthropy Programs at Toyota Motor North America; community relations and philanthropic consultant for Novartis Pharmaceuticals; director of the Office of School CBO Partnerships at the New York City Department of Education.
Etc.: She takes one of three statutorily required positions within the executive, along with secretary and counsel. The job focuses on encouraging the growth of minority- and women-owned businesses through the public and private sectors.
Andrew "Drew" Zambelli
Counselor
With Cuomo: Served with the governor-elect in the administration of Mario Cuomo from 1985 to 1994, for the last three years as secretary.
Other experience: Left government to become a market strategy and research consultant with Strategic Frameworking Inc. and Summit Strategy Group, which he founded in 2007.
Etc.: Will be responsible for oversight and strategic integration of governor's "communications, inter-governmental, legislative and constituency efforts."
Judge Leslie G. Leach
With Cuomo: Appointed executive deputy attorney general for the Division of State Counsel in 2007.
Other experience: Earlier served since 2004 as the administrative judge in state Supreme Court, Queens County. Appointed in 1993 as a judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, reappointed in 2002. Elected a state Supreme Court justice in November 2003.
Etc.: Has taught business law at CUNY's York College for almost three decades.
Howard B. Glaser
Director of state operations and senior policy adviser
With Cuomo: Served as a senior adviser to Mario Cuomo; held several senior advisory positions during Andrew Cuomo's term as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Other experience: After leaving HUD, Glaser joined the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington, D.C.
Etc.: Glaser has written regularly on financial matters in The Huffington Post.
Jeremy Creelan
Special counsel for public integrity and ethics reform
Other experience: A partner with Jenner & Block LLP. Formerly served as deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, where he worked on election law and campaign finance reform, and published a comprehensive analysis of the legislative process in the state Legislature.
Etc.: Among the first to argue Gov. David Paterson could name a lieutenant governor during the June 2009 Senate coup crisis.
Benjamin Lawsky
Chief of staff
With Cuomo: Deputy counselor and special assistant to Cuomo throughout his attorney general term. Led the investigations of the student loan industry, Wall Street bonuses and the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger.
Other experience: Lawsky served from late 2001 until 2007 as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York. Prior to that, he was chief counsel to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Etc.: Served as general counsel of the Cuomo 2010 campaign.
Adam Cohen
Special policy adviser
Experience: A member of The New York Times editorial board from 2002-2010, Cohen has worked as both a journalist and a lawyer, including work as a law fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Etc.: Author of "Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America" and "The Perfect Store: Inside eBay"; co-author of "American Pharaoh," a biography of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.
Secretary
With Cuomo: Served as attorney general's counselor and chief of staff.
Other experience: Partner at Cooley Godward Kronish; member of the firm's litigation department. Spent most of 1990s as assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York, where he ran the Violent Gangs Unit.
Etc.: Served for a decade as adjunct professor at Columbia Law School teaching federal criminal prosecution.
Mylan L. Denerstein
Counsel to the governor
With Cuomo: Served as the executive deputy attorney general for social justice for entire attorney general term, handling cases related to civil rights, environmental protection, health care and labor.
Other experience: Served as the deputy commissioner for legal affairs for the New York City Fire Department. Served in the U.S. Attorney's Office, Southern District, from 1996 to 2005, rising to became deputy chief of the Criminal Division.
Etc.: A year ago, she was identified as a leading contender to become the first woman commissioner of the FDNY.
Yrthya A. Dinzey-Flores
Chief diversity officer
Experience: Manager at the Toyota USA Foundation and Program Officer for National Philanthropy Programs at Toyota Motor North America; community relations and philanthropic consultant for Novartis Pharmaceuticals; director of the Office of School CBO Partnerships at the New York City Department of Education.
Etc.: She takes one of three statutorily required positions within the executive, along with secretary and counsel. The job focuses on encouraging the growth of minority- and women-owned businesses through the public and private sectors.
Andrew "Drew" Zambelli
Counselor
With Cuomo: Served with the governor-elect in the administration of Mario Cuomo from 1985 to 1994, for the last three years as secretary.
Other experience: Left government to become a market strategy and research consultant with Strategic Frameworking Inc. and Summit Strategy Group, which he founded in 2007.
Etc.: Will be responsible for oversight and strategic integration of governor's "communications, inter-governmental, legislative and constituency efforts."
Judge Leslie G. Leach
With Cuomo: Appointed executive deputy attorney general for the Division of State Counsel in 2007.
Other experience: Earlier served since 2004 as the administrative judge in state Supreme Court, Queens County. Appointed in 1993 as a judge of the Criminal Court of the City of New York, reappointed in 2002. Elected a state Supreme Court justice in November 2003.
Etc.: Has taught business law at CUNY's York College for almost three decades.
Howard B. Glaser
Director of state operations and senior policy adviser
With Cuomo: Served as a senior adviser to Mario Cuomo; held several senior advisory positions during Andrew Cuomo's term as secretary of the Department of Housing and Urban Development.
Other experience: After leaving HUD, Glaser joined the Mortgage Bankers Association in Washington, D.C.
Etc.: Glaser has written regularly on financial matters in The Huffington Post.
Jeremy Creelan
Special counsel for public integrity and ethics reform
Other experience: A partner with Jenner & Block LLP. Formerly served as deputy director of the Democracy Program at the Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law, where he worked on election law and campaign finance reform, and published a comprehensive analysis of the legislative process in the state Legislature.
Etc.: Among the first to argue Gov. David Paterson could name a lieutenant governor during the June 2009 Senate coup crisis.
Benjamin Lawsky
Chief of staff
With Cuomo: Deputy counselor and special assistant to Cuomo throughout his attorney general term. Led the investigations of the student loan industry, Wall Street bonuses and the Bank of America-Merrill Lynch merger.
Other experience: Lawsky served from late 2001 until 2007 as an assistant U.S. Attorney in the Southern District of New York. Prior to that, he was chief counsel to U.S. Sen. Chuck Schumer.
Etc.: Served as general counsel of the Cuomo 2010 campaign.
Adam Cohen
Special policy adviser
Experience: A member of The New York Times editorial board from 2002-2010, Cohen has worked as both a journalist and a lawyer, including work as a law fellow at the Southern Poverty Law Center.
Etc.: Author of "Nothing to Fear: FDR's Inner Circle and the Hundred Days that Created Modern America" and "The Perfect Store: Inside eBay"; co-author of "American Pharaoh," a biography of Chicago Mayor Richard J. Daley.
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