Joan McDonald who served in the Rell administration as Commissioner of the Department of Economic and Community Development, has been appointed by New York Governor Andrew Cuomo as his Transportation Commissioner.
Do "green buildings" actually save energy once they are operating? That seems to be a question building owners want answered. the Green Building Council collects that information but doesn't make the information available publically. But now New York City is collecting that information and making it public and there are several rating systems to do just that. Read this Crain's New York Business.com article.