Dr. Redlener said the NYS Ready Commission would recommend measures to prevent future gas shortages and to provide training for emergency responders and agency heads.
In November, Mr. Cuomo named Dr. Redlener, a pediatrician, as the co-chairman of the NYS Ready Commission, a group charged with recommending changes to health care, energy, transportation and communications systems in future emergencies.
"We had really significant problems in leadership coordination, " said Irwin Redlener, the director of the National Center for Disaster Preparedness at Columbia University and the co-chairman of the NYS Ready Commission, which is investigating the response to the storm.