Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Public Protection
February 7, 2023
9:30 a.m.
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript

Testimony
Tamiko Amaker
Acting Chief Administrative Judge, New York State Office of Court Administration

Robert H. Tembeckjian
Administrator & Counsel, New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

Patricia Warth
Director, New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services (Office)

Office Follow Up

Jackie Bray
Commissioner, New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services

Jennifer Lorenz
Deputy CIO, New York State Office of Information Technology Services

ITS Follow up

Rossana Rosado
Commissioner, New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

Anthony Annucci
Acting Commissioner, New York State Department of Corrections & Community Supervision

Steven A. Nigrelli
Acting Superintendent, New York State Division of State Police

Courtney Bryan
Executive Director, Center for Justice Innovation

Chaplain Dr. Victoria A. Phillips
Mental Health Project Community, Health & Justice Organizer, Urban Justice Center

Jose Saldana
Director, Release Aging People in Prison Campaign

Katie Schaffer
Director of Advocacy and Organizing, Center for Community Alternatives

Edward Tase, Jr.
President, Firefighters Association of the State of New York

Timothy M. Dymond
President, NYS Police Investigators Association

Frank McGarity
Director, NYS Park Police Sergeants Benevolent Association

Michael B. Powers
President, NYS Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association Inc. (NYSCOPBA)

J. Anthony Jordan
President, District Attorneys Association of the State of New York

Shayna Kessler
State Advocacy Manager, Vera Institute of Justice

Kayla Kelechian
Manager of Organizing and Strategy, CNY, The New York Immigration Coalition

Yonah Zeitz
Director of Advocacy, Katal Center for Equity, Health, and Justice

Tyrrell Muhammad
Leader, #HALTsolitary

Susan C. Bryant
Executive Director, New York State Defenders Association

Lisa Schreibersdorf
Executive Director, Brooklyn Defender Services

Katherine Haas
Staff Attorney, The Prisoner’s Rights Project of the Legal Aid Society

Erica Smitka
Deputy Director, League of Women Voters of NYS

Elena Sassower
Director, Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc.

Written Testimony
Center for Employment Opportunities

Center for Judicial Accountability

Center for NYC Affairs

Citizens’ Committee for Children of NY

Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government

Connecting Families Coalition

Legal Action Center

New York State Supreme Court Officers Association

New York State Troopers Benevolent Association

No Price on Justice

NYC Bar Association

NYS 9-1-1 Coordinators Association

NYS Bar Association

Prisoners’ Legal Services

Project Guardianship

Public Employees Federation (PEF)

Vera Institute of Justice

Verizon