Politics on the Hudson

… include John C. Egan for a repeat performance as Commissioner of the Office of General Services. Egan currently serves as president of the Renaissance Corporation of Albany, chairman of the Harrison Research and Technology Development Corporation and executive director of the New York State Task Force on High Speed Rail. He was CEO of the Albany International Airport from 1995 to 2003, and has also served as executive director of the New York State Dormitory Authority and state transportation commissioner.

Other appointments after the jump.
—Nancy G. Groenwegen, an assistant attorney general in the state law department, as President of the Civil Service Commission.
—Robert Hermann, a lawyer in private practice and a former state solicitor general, as director of the Governor’s Office of Regulatory Reform.
—Barry L. Kluger, chief assistant district attorney in the Bronx County District Attorney’s Office, as inspector general of the
Metropolitan Transportation Authority.
—Baldwinsville Mayor Daniel D. O’Hara as director of the New York State Fair.
—Robert S. Hite, managing principal at Hite, O’Donnell & Beaumont, as a member of the Public Employment Relations Board, an unpaid position.
—Jerome Lefkowitz, deputy counsel for the Civil Service Employees Association Inc., as chairman of the Public
Employment Relations Board.
—Eric J. Schmertz, of counsel at the Dweck Law Firm, as a member of the Public Employment Relations Board. He previously served on the board from 1991 to 1997.