David Brann / Senior Staff Photographer Cuomo appoints Columbia professor to make New York disaster-ready By Samantha Cooney Irwin Redlener, director and founder of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at the Mailman School of Public Health was appointed by Governor Cuomo to co-chair a commission to prepare the state for weather disasters. Read more about Cuomo appoints Columbia professor to make New York disaster-ready Add new comment