ALBANY — The state’s Department of Financial Services is once again changing personnel after acting superintendent Anthony Albanese resigned from his post last week, two people briefed on the matter told POLITICO New York.
Albanese has been at the helm of the regulatory agency — which was created in 2011 after the merger of the state’s banking and insurance departments — since Ben Lawskystepped down in June. Gov. Andrew Cuomo and his aides have been searching for a permanent successor to Lawsky, at one point considering litigator Sean Coffey to fill the slot.
In his short tenure, Albanese issued the first licenses for virtual currency firms. His resignation also comes two months after George Haggerty, the top Cuomo aide for financial services, left the administration.
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