New York City Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani yesterday named Michael G. Carey president of the city's Economic Development Corp., a post he has held on an interim basis since May.
Carey, who had joined the EDC as its first vice president and general counsel in 1997, succeeds Charles Millard, who left the EDC in May to join Prudential Securities Inc. as a banker in its new media group.
"Michael has constantly demonstrated his knowledge of the city's business community and has shown that he has the negotiating skills, vision, and strong leadership needed to successfully advance the economic growth New York City has recently experienced," Giuliani said in a statement.
In his tenure at the EDC, Carey, the son of former New York Gov. Hugh L. Carey, has worked on the corporation's strategic plan for developing New York Harbor, the proposed renovation of the St. George Ferry Terminal in Staten Island, the development of a private ferry terminal for midtown Manhattan's West Side, and the expansion of Howland Hook Marine Terminal's facilities.
Carey has also worked on EDC real estate projects and led New York's efforts to ease the acquisition of the federally sponsored rail line Conrail by CSX and Norfolk Southern, which the city has said it expects will lower shipping costs for local businesses and consumers.
Carey has previously worked as a municipal banker with Cambridge Partners. Before that, he worked in corporate and commercial law with Whitman Breed Abbott & Morgan. He began his legal career at Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison.