Deborah VanAmerongen, commissioner of the New York State Division of Housing and Community Renewal, is resigning effective Jan. 15, 2010. VanAmerongen has served at the agency’s top post since 2007 and was a frequent speaker at NH&RA events. VanAmerongen will join the law firm Nixon Peabody LLP as an advisor.
VanAmerongen is the second state housing official to resign in recent weeks. Priscilla Almodovar, president and CEO of the New York State Housing Finance Agency and the State of New York Mortgage Agency, resigned in early December. At press time Governor David Paterson has yet to name replacements for either VanAmerongen or Almodovar. Read More…
