Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Environmental Conservation
February 14, 2023
9:30 a.m.
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany
Testimony
Commissioner, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
Commissioner, New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets
Policy Manager, Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York (NOFA-NY)
New York Policy Manager, American Farmland Trust (AFT)
Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)
President & CEO, NYSERDA
Chair, New York State Public Service Commission
Executive Director, New York State Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES)
Acting President and CEO, New York Power Authority
Director of Policy, Environmental Advocates NY
Executive Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCFE)
Policy and Legislative Director, National Resource Defense Council (NRDC)
New York Policy Advocate, Earthjustice
Policy Director, New York League of Conservation Voters (LCV)
Director, NYS Forest rangers Benevolent Association (PBANYS)
Director, NYS Environmental Conservation Police Officers Benevolent Association
Director of Policy, WE ACT for Environmental Justice
Regional Director of Water Protection, Save the Sound
New York Division Director of Policy and Strategy, The Nature Conservancy
Senior Policy Manager, National Audubon Society
Senior Manager of Government Affairs, Riverkeeper
Executive Director and Counsel, Public Utility Law Project of New York (PULP)
Director of Organizing and Advocacy, New Yorkers for Clean Power
Executive Director, Alliance for Clean Energy
NYS Resident, Professional Engineer
Board Member, NY Geothermal Energy Organization
Senior Advisor, New York Battery and Energy Storage Technology Consortium
Capital Region Chair, Climate Reality Project, NYS Chapter
Director, Government Affairs, American Forest & Paper Association
Executive Director, Empire State Forest Products Association (ESFPA)
President, Beyond Plastics
Vice President, Northeast Region, National Waste & Recycling Association
Parks Director, Parks & Trails New York (PTNY)
Director of Advocacy, Adirondack Mountain Club (ADK)
Deputy Director, Catskill Mountainkeeper
Written Testimony