
April 6, 2026
One of the state’s leading transportation lobbyists, Michael Fleischer has been at the forefront of transportation policymaking for decades.
At Brown & Weinraub, the state’s top lobbying firm, he is advocating for new official pavement selection guidance that provides longer-lasting improvements while reducing the amount of cement in concrete mixtures, as well as assisting developers in obtaining traffic impact mitigation approval and securing funding for major upgrades to Route 17 in the Hudson Valley. He is a former executive director of the state Thruway Authority and first deputy commissioner of the state Transportation Department.