It is most striking Mr. Cuomo has not yet announced his State budget Director, crucial in any new administrative work and the other pick has great importance as the new Governor seeks to fill budget gap next year more than 9 billion, its challenges more difficult in the coming months.
Robert l. Megna, Director widely respected under Governor David a. Paterson, budget seems be running at the approximately 330-person day agenda. But Mr. Cuomo, a Democrat, has officially appointed him as temporary or permanent, budget officer even by appointing an another superior Paterson assistance, Lawrence s. Schwartz, the Office of Councillor main acting.
Access to the press seems to be limited. Last Monday, when a journalist located m. Megna in the Hall of Governors newly opened in the Executive room, Cuomo Agrippa m. Megna assistance and spurned in a private office.
"It is unusual not appointed a Director of budget at this point in a new administration, especially when it seems fairly obvious that it is, said Edmund j. McMahon, Director of the Center for New York State Policy Empire." Anyone criticize Governor to rename a Director of budget with the knowledge and expertise of Bob Megna. I think that the guy is pretty much universally respected. »
Josh Vlasto, a spokesman for Mr. Cuomo, said: "we are very satisfied with our transition process is underway." We will continue to hire the best talent to fill the administration. »
Appointments of Mr. Cuomo executive staff - positions as Secretary to the Governor and Councillors, as well as the Secretaries General who supervise groups of agencies and departments - about kept pace with those of the last elected Governor, Eliot Spitzer. As Mr. Spitzer, Mr. Cuomo from key members of his staff Executive of those who he served at the Prosecutor General's Office, while supplementing them with veterans of previous administrations.
But Mr. Cuomo behind Mr. Spitzer on appointing people or nominations for positions at major agencies, ministries and authorities, controlling billions of dollars in revenue and play a central role in economic development driven by the Government of the State.
Tuesday, Mr. Cuomo had just six of these appointments or appointments, including the choice of the national police and the ministries of health and environmental conservation and State dormitory authority that provides financing and construction to universities and health care facilities.
In contrast, the third week of December 2006, Mr. Spitzer had 16 such appointments or nominations, including a large number of the largest organizations and public authorities in the State Government. .
It has also designated officials to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, Port Authority of New York and New Jersey and the Empire State Development Corporation. These appointments reported its intention to quickly put his stamp on the semi-independent authorities that make up what some have called "Shadow government in New York" which Mr. Cuomo has promised to discipline and shrink.
The relatively slow pace of the appointments of the body is especially surprising that Mr. Cuomo held commanding officer benefits in many silver and survey for nearly seven months campaign and ordered its transition teams to focus on the recruitment of staff, leaving political in its officials. M. Vlasto said members of the transition team had conducted more than 150 interviews with potential employees.
But it can reflect the difficulty of recruiting talented staff under the regime of stricter ethics laws that Mr. Spitzer put in place as well as the fact that public disgust with the Government of the State is high - to not talk about Mr. Cuomo as a patron demanding and difficult reputation.
"The laws of ethics are problematic for persons wishing to could return to the private sector"; "they have no doubt go further than is necessary and can keep the good people of the Government", said Robert b. Ward, Deputy Director of the Nelson a. Rockefeller Institute of Government, a body of research focusing on the Government of the State. "This is a real problem when an exciting Governor activist like this a difficult new people".
Danny Hakim has contributed reporting.
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