NYS DMV Commissioner Visits County Clerk and Team

Back, from left:  Clerk Liaison Cathy Sharkey, DMV Commissioner Mark J. F. Schroeder, Schoharie DMV Rep Supervisor Annette McFarland, & County Clerk Larry Caza. Front, from left: Nicole, Ayiana, Tracy, Jamie, and Kim

SCHOHARIE — State DMV Commissioner Mark J. F. Schroeder recently came out from Albany to visit with our County Clerk Larry Caza and to meet his team and tour the offices. “I am always happy to meet up with Clerk Caza and his staff. I try to get out to visit with all of the county clerks around the state whenever I have a chance,” said the NYS DMV Commissioner & Chair of the Governor’s Traffic Safety Committee. “The clerks are important Partners in the work we do every day at DMV, including helping to get New Yorkers signed up as part of the Organ Donor Registry, and maintaining those relationships is something that has been very important to me in my time as Commissioner.” 

Comm. Schroeder truly believes in MBWA {Management By Walking Around} and never hesitates to get out and see the local county offices for himself. Traveling with his County Clerk Liaison, Cathy Sharkey, Commissioner Schroeder works to continually shatter the old perceptions of what the “DMV” is. “Our Mission Statement is to Safely, Securely and Professionally ‘Drive you Forward’. One of my key goals is to propel everyone: staff, customers, vendors, toward growth – success – and fulfillment.”     

Schoharie County Clerk Caza, himself a twenty-year veteran of the Clerk’s office & the local DMV couldn’t agree more: “I am so proud of the staff here and how they work hard every day to provide the best service and explain the often-complex rules and procedures our customers have to deal with. It can be very tough to tell someone there’s an issue with their paperwork or their driving record. More often than not, our staff here can help folks understand what the best path forward is to get their issues resolved & have the customer leaving with a ‘way-more-positive-attitude’ than when they came to the counter.” Caza was elected County Clerk last November and started his first term in January of this year, but he’s been working in the office since April of 2004 when he was appointed as Deputy County Clerk. According to Clerk Caza, “The Core values of the State DMV line-up quite well with our own: Respect – Empowerment – Inclusion – Integrity – and Innovation.”