ALBANY - Olivia Golden, director of state operations, announced her resignation on Wednesday in the latest of a series of changes in the administration of Gov. Eliot Spitzer.
Spitzer said Golden informed him on Wednesday that she will resign at the end of the year “in pursuit of other endeavors.”
Spitzer said Paul Francis, his budget director and senior advisor, will assume the role of director of state operations effective Jan. 1.
The current deputy budget director, Laura Anglin, will become budget director.
“I am very proud of what our team has accomplished in this first year, whether through health insurance for children, education reform, jump-starting economic development, or reforming state government,” Golden said in a prepared statement.
She said she plans to return to writing projects already in progress.
In other changes, one of Spitzer's long-time press officers, Paul Larrabee, is about to leave to become first deputy commissioner of the state Office of General Services.
Larrabee has been in Spitzer's press office since Spitzer's first term as attorney general.
Jennifer Givner will move from Spitzer's New York City press office to the Albany one.
Last month, Spitzer announced that he was appointing Bruce Gyory, an attorney with a major Albany lobbying firm, as senior adviser.
He also announced the promotion of press secretary Christine Anderson to director of communications, filling the void created when longtime aide, Darren Dopp, left the senior position amid scandal.
Spitzer also promoted former Newsday capitol bureau chief Errol Cockfield Jr. to press secretary.
The changes come in the wake of a series of conflicts and scandals that have dogged Spitzer's administration in recent months, leading to some decline in the governor's popularity in statewide polls.
Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno has accused Dopp and another Spitzer aide of using state police to track his travels when using state aircraft on days he mixed meetings with lobbyists and GOP fundraisers in Manhattan.
The state Public Integrity Commission continues to investigate.
The low point came last month when Spitzer grudgingly surrendered on his much-criticized plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
Spitzer said Paul Francis, his budget director and senior advisor, will assume the role of director of state operations effective Jan. 1.
The current deputy budget director, Laura Anglin, will become budget director.
“I am very proud of what our team has accomplished in this first year, whether through health insurance for children, education reform, jump-starting economic development, or reforming state government,” Golden said in a prepared statement.
She said she plans to return to writing projects already in progress.
In other changes, one of Spitzer's long-time press officers, Paul Larrabee, is about to leave to become first deputy commissioner of the state Office of General Services.
Larrabee has been in Spitzer's press office since Spitzer's first term as attorney general.
Jennifer Givner will move from Spitzer's New York City press office to the Albany one.
Last month, Spitzer announced that he was appointing Bruce Gyory, an attorney with a major Albany lobbying firm, as senior adviser.
He also announced the promotion of press secretary Christine Anderson to director of communications, filling the void created when longtime aide, Darren Dopp, left the senior position amid scandal.
Spitzer also promoted former Newsday capitol bureau chief Errol Cockfield Jr. to press secretary.
The changes come in the wake of a series of conflicts and scandals that have dogged Spitzer's administration in recent months, leading to some decline in the governor's popularity in statewide polls.
Senate Republican leader Joseph Bruno has accused Dopp and another Spitzer aide of using state police to track his travels when using state aircraft on days he mixed meetings with lobbyists and GOP fundraisers in Manhattan.
The state Public Integrity Commission continues to investigate.
The low point came last month when Spitzer grudgingly surrendered on his much-criticized plan to give driver's licenses to illegal immigrants.
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