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Robert
F. Cross
Chairman
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Robert
F. Cross was appointed by the Governor in December 1998 as a
commissioner of the Albany Port District Commission. In June
2000, Commissioner Cross was elected Chairman of the Commission.
Commissioner
Cross also serves as Commissioner of Water for the City of
Albany, having been appointed by Mayor Gerald D. Jennings
in February 1996. He is responsible for management and supervision
of the City of Albany Department of Water and Water Supply,
which operates the system supplying drinking water to the
City as well as the neighboring communities which purchase
Albany water.
From 1987 to 1995, Commissioner Cross served as Assistant
Commissioner for the New York State Department of Environmental
Conservation (DEC). A career DEC employee, Commissioner Cross
joined the DEC in 1978 and served in a variety of positions
until his appointment as Assistant Commissioner in 1987.
Commissioner Cross also serves as Chairman of the Mayor’s
Task Force on Water Resources which is responsible for management
of all water resources within the City. He holds B.S. and
M.A. degrees in biology, and previously served on the Albany
City Planning Board, the Governor's Task Force on the Delaware
Water Gap National Recreation Area, and the State Drought
Management Task Force.
Commissioner
Cross is also
the author of the presidential biography, Sailor in the
White House: The Seafaring Life of FDR, published 2003
by the
Naval Institute Press in Annapolis, Maryland.
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