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Wilmers, who was named to the post last is the second high rankinyg Empire StateDevelopment Corp. officia l to resign in the past Marissa Lago, last week, left her post of president and CEO for the state’s primary economic development agency. Wilmerx said his decision to leave the ESD post was directlhy tied tothe state’s financial woes. New York is facin g a projected $24.8 billion budget deficit this year. “Thew ongoing crisis in the financial sector and in the overallk economy has imposed a burden of work that I did not Wilmers said in apreparecd statement. Dennis Mullen, the Rochester area business executive, has been named by Gov.
David Patersom as ESD’s chairman. Mullen, last week, also assumer Lago’s duties. He had been ESD’as upstate president. Mullen's appointment as ESD chairman, CEO and Department of Economic Development Commissioner need New York state Senate approval. Paterson credited Wilmers for a unifyingfand “strengthening the agency’s efforts to attract new businesseas and spur local development.” Thers have been reports in the New York Timex that Wilmers clashed with Lago over directiomn of the state's top economic development agency.