The New York Senate last week unanimously confirmed Kenneth Adams as president and chief executive officer of the Empire State Development Corp.
Adams also has been serving as acting commissioner of the Department of Economic Development. after Gov. Andrew Cuomo nominated him for that post in late January.
Before joining Cuomo’s administration, Adams was president and CEO of the Business Council of New York State, representing nearly 2,500 businesses and commerce and trade associations.
Before that, he was president of the Brooklyn Chamber of Commerce and director of the MetroTech Business Improvement District in downtown Brooklyn.
“Ken knows what it takes to keep private-sector jobs from leaving and bring new ones into the state,” Cuomo said in a statement. “He will be essential to my administration’s message that New York is open for business.”
