The Eagle reports that on Monday Governor Andrew Cuomo announced the appointment of Kenneth Adams as the new State Commissioner of Taxation and Finance. Adams grew up in Cobble Hill, the son of Murray Adams, a civic activist and leader in the fight to save Long Island College Hospital as well as past president of the Cobble Hill Association. Kenneth Adams previously served as president of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce, and in 2012 Governor Cuomo appointed him head of the Empire State Development Corporation.
