Alfred Balk was an American reporter, nonfiction author and magazine editor, he served as secretary of which New York Governor, who was an American businessman and politician?  
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
Nelson Rockefeller
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller (July 8, 1908 – January 26, 1979) was an American businessman and politician.
 He served as the 41st Vice President of the United States from 1974 to 1977, and previously as the 49th Governor of New York (1959–1973).
 He also served as Assistant Secretary of State for American Republic Affairs for Presidents Franklin D. Roosevelt and Harry S. Truman as well as Under Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare under Dwight D. Eisenhower.
 A member of the wealthy Rockefeller family, he was also a noted art collector, as well as administrator of Rockefeller Center in Manhattan, New York.
Alfred Balk
Alfred Balk (July 24, 1930 – November 25, 2010) was an American reporter, nonfiction author and magazine editor who wrote groundbreaking articles about housing segregation, the Nation of Islam, the environment and Illinois politics.
 His refusal to identify a confidential source led to a landmark court case.
 During a career-long emphasis on media improvement, he served on the Twentieth Century Fund's task force that established a National News Council, consulted for several foundations, served as secretary of New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller's Committee on the Employment of Minority Groups in the News Media, and produced a film, "That the People Shall Know: The Challenge of Journalism", narrated by Walter Cronkite.
 He wrote and co-authored books on a variety of topics, ranging from the tax exempt status of religious organizations to globalization to the history of radio.
William Gurstelle
William Gurstelle (born March 29, 1956) is an American nonfiction author, magazine writer, and inventor.
 He is a feature columnist for "Make" magazine and a columnist and contributing editor at "Popular Science" magazine.
 Previously, he was the Pyrotechnics and Ballistics Editor at "Popular Mechanics" magazine. Richard Ravitch
Richard Ravitch (born July 7, 1933) is an American politician and businessman who served as Lieutenant Governor of New York from 2009 to 2010.
 He was appointed to the position in July 2009 by New York Governor David Paterson.
 A native of New York City, he earned a law degree from Yale Law School and has worked in his family's real estate development business, a number of government and government-appointed positions, including with the New York State Urban Development Corporation and Metropolitan Transportation Authority, and in private industry, including tenures as chairman of the Bowery Savings Bank and as the chief owner representative in labor negotiations for Major League Baseball. Nathan Tabor
John Nathan Tabor (born August 29, 1973) is an American Businessman and nonfiction author. Alfred E. Smith Houses
Governor Alfred E. Smith Houses, or the Alfred E. Smith Houses.
 is a public housing development built by the New York City Housing Authority in the Two Bridges neighborhood of the Lower East Side of Manhattan.
 The development was named after four-time New York Governor Al Smith (1873–1944), the first Catholic to win a Presidential nomination by a major political party, and a social reformer who made progress in the areas of better living and working conditions.
 Smith served as governor from 1919–1920 and 1923–1929, and was nominated unsuccessfully by the Democratic Party in 1928, with Joseph Taylor Robinson as his running mate. Florence Williams
Florence Williams is an American journalist and nonfiction author whose work focuses on the environment, health and science.
 She is a contributing editor at Outside magazine and a freelance writer for National Geographic, the New York Times, New York Times Magazine, The New York Review of Books, Slate, Mother Jones, High Country News, O-Oprah, W., Bicycling and numerous other publications. Dix Range
The Dix Range is a range of mountains in the High Peaks region of the Adirondacks, southeast of Mount Marcy and the Ausable valley, in northeastern New York State.
 The Dixes are named for John Adams Dix, then Secretary of State under New York Governor William Marcy, later Senator, U.S. Secretary of the Treasury, and New York Governor.
 The only exception to this is the mountain formerly named East Dix, which in 2014 was renamed Grace Peak in honor of Grace Leach Hudowalski (1906–2004), who in 1937 became the ninth person and first woman to climb all 46 of the Adirondack High Peaks. Margaret I. Cuomo
Margaret I. Cuomo is an American radiologist, author, philanthropist, advocate, and blogger on health issues, especially those related to cancer prevention.
 She is the eldest daughter of former New York Governor Mario Cuomo and former New York First Lady Matilda Cuomo, and sister to current New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and journalist Chris Cuomo.
 She resides in New York. Leecia Eve
Leecia Roberta Eve is an attorney in New York.
 A resident of Buffalo, New York, Eve is the daughter of former Assembly member Arthur Eve and was candidate for Lieutenant Governor of New York during the 2006 election.
 She was a Senior Policy adviser to U.S. Sen. Hillary Clinton during her 2008 primary campaign for President, and her Maryland political director.
 Prior to 2013, she served as Deputy Secretary for Economic Development in the Executive Chamber of New York Governor Andrew M. Cuomo.
 Today, she serves on the Board of Commissioners of the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey after being appointed by Governor Cuomo on July 12, 2017.