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Albany, NY – Governor Andrew Cuomo has nominated consultants to top posts in the Division of Homeland Security and Emergency Services, the state unit responsible for preparing for and responding to terrorism and disasters. WAMC's Tristan O'Neill reports...
Jerome Hauer is tapped to be commissioner, with Steven Kuhr as executive deputy and director of the State Office of Emergency Management.
Hauer heads the Hauer Group, which provides emergency management consulting to public and private clients.
He is a former acting assistant secretary for the Office of Public Health Emergency Preparedness at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
Kuhr is president of Strategic Emergency Group, which provides emergency and security consulting for clients including the state.
The division includes the Office of Counterterrorism and Office of Cyber Security.
Tristan O'Neill, WAMC News.
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