While I had not seen anything about this in the news or heard about a pending nomination, the NY State Senate Committee on Environmental Conservation voted on Tuesday, February 23rd, to move the nomination of Dean Cook to the Lake George Park Commission forward. The next step is for the nomination to be acted upon by the Finance Committee.
The Lake George Land Conservancy lists a Dean L. Cook on their Board of Directors in their Summer 2009 newsletter and Protect the Adirondacks! has pictures of a Dean Cook at their July 11, 2009 membership meetings. While I cannot confirm that this is the same person being considered for the Lake George Park Commission, I note that the name of the person in these publications is the same as the person being nominated.
Update 2/26/2010 8:11 a.m.
The Governor issued this proclamation for an Extraordinary Session to be held on June 27, 2009, where he stated it was his intent to nominate someone to the Lake George Park Commission but I have checked the Lake George Park Commission’s website and have found no press releases on this topic. Who this nominee would replace is unknown to me at this time.