State Council of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

The State Council of Parks Recreation and Historic Preservation consists of the Commissioner of State Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, the Commissioner of Environmental Conservation, Chairs of the eleven Regional Parks Commissions (including a representative of the Palisades Interstate Park Commission), and Chair of the State Board of Historic Preservation. The Regional Commissions are charged with acting as a central advisory body on all matters affecting parks, recreation and historic preservation within their respective regions, with particular focus on the operations of the State Parks and Historic Sites.

Carol Ash, Commissioner, Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
Pete Grannis, Commissioner, Department of Environmental Conservation
Robert B. Mackay, Chair, Board for Historic Preservation

2007 State Council of Parks Annual Report (pdf)

Lucy R. Waletzky, M.D., Chair, State Council of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation

Regional Commissions

Allegany	Address
Dalton J. Burgett, Chair Wendy Myers Brand Hugh Dunne, Jr. Lisa Feinberg-Duckett Laureen J. Peterson William J. Heaney Wayne R. Grossman	Allegany State Park 2373 ASP, Route 1, Suite 3 Salamanca, NY 14779 Phone: (716) 354-9101 View Regional Map
Central	Address
Edward J. Audi, Chair Joan M. Compson John Marsellus Sandra Murphy-Mead Fred A. Reuter Daniel Trevasani	6105 East Seneca Turnpike Jamesville, NY 13078 Phone: (315) 492-1756 View Regional Map
Finger Lakes	Address
David Banfield, Chair Mary Ann Burns Marcia Herrling Finch Richard Reidy Carol Reeves Robert Scharf Amy Wilson	2221 Taughannock Park Road Trumansburg, NY 14886 Phone: (607) 387-7041 View Regional Map
Genesee	Address
Peter G. Humphrey, Chair Frank X. Allkofer Ed Hamilton Dawn M. Keppler Terry K. Lowell Carlton W. Seaburg Margaretha Buerman	1 Letchworth State Park Castile, NY 14427 Phone: (585) 493-3600 View Regional Map
Long Island	Address
Herbert M. Balin, Chair Barbara S. Bancroft Anthony J. Bonomo Bernadette Castro Edward P. Kane Larry Mahon Desmond M. Ryan Lisa Stoll Paul J. Tonna	P.O. Box 247, Belmont Lake State Park Babylon, NY 11702-0247 Phone: (631) 667-5055 View Regional Map
New York City	Address
Cynthia C. Wainwright Chair Janet Felleman Judy P. Kudlow Allison W. Rockefeller Theodore Roosevelt, IV Edward F. Cox, Pia Lindstrom Adrian Benepe, Ex Officio	Adam Clayton Powell Office Building 163 West 125th Street, 17th Floor New York, NY 10027 Phone: (212) 866-2740 View Regional Map
Niagara	Address
Jean Read Knox, Chair Cindy Abbott Letro Harvey N. Albond David S. Broderick Donna M. Gioia Minot H. Ortolani Charles J. Stojak	Prospect Park, Niagara Reservation, P.O. Box 1132 Niagara Falls, NY 14303-1702 Phone: (716) 278-1702 View Regional Map
Palisades Interstate Park Commission	Address
Samuel F. Pryor, Co-Chair Howard Seitz Barnabas McHenry Keith Cornell Kevin J. Collins* James E. Hanson, II* Philip H. White* Katie Porter* David Kasparian* *New Jersey Commission Members	Administration Building Bear Mountain, NY 10911 Phone: (845) 786-2701
Saratoga-Capital District	Address
Heather Mabee, Chair Stuart H. Angert Brian Cechnicki Michael Dennis David Golub Thomas O. Maggs Eleanor K. Mullaney Benjamin Paulino Mark Ryan Karl Sleight Katharine L. Tomasi Raymond A. Waldron Paul C. Barrett	19 Roosevelt Drive Saratoga Springs, NY 12866-6214 Phone: (518) 584-2000 View Regional Map
Taconic	Address
Lucy R. Waletzky, Chair Jane Alexander William M. Mooney, III Arthur Gellert Kevin Plunkett William Greenawalt, Ex Officio	Staatsburgh State Historic Site Staatsburg, NY 12580 Phone: (845) 889-4100 View Regional Map
Thousand Islands	Address
Harold B. Johnson, II, Chair William Wormuth Debra Sephton Myrna E. O'Neil Michael Geiss Joanne Dicob Thomas Grow	Keewaydin State Park Alexandria Bay, NY 13607 Phone: (315) 482-2593 View Regional Map