The long-time fixture of the Capitol hallways, Blair Horner, is getting a new assignment as we ring in the New Year.

Horner, executive director of the New York Public Interest Group (NYPIRG) and an effective translator of the jargon and policy coming from the state Capitol, will become the group’s senior policy advisor.

Megan Ahearn, the group’s program director, will transition into the executive director role. Ahearn’s current role is running the group’s community and campus policy work.

In a press release, the group touted her work on the state’s All-Electric Building Act, as well as climate laws in New York City regarding building emissions. Ahearn will mark nearly two decades with the organization in 2025, and becomes just the eighth executive director of the group in its more than 50 years.

Horner has worked with NYPIRG on and off stretching back to 1979, and served as a special advisor on policy and public tntegrity to the state attorney general from February 2007 to March 2008. In his new role, Horner will remain focused on state government advocacy.