FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
February 3, 2010
Joint Legislative Public Hearings On
2010-2011 Executive Budget Proposal
Mental Health
Among the individuals and organizations providing oral/written testimony were:
- NYS Office of Mental Hygiene Commissioner Michael F. Hogan;
- NYS Office of Mental Retardation & Developmental Disabilities Commissioner Diana Jones Ritter;
- NYS Office of Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Services Commissioner Karen Carpenter-Palumbo;
- Onondaga County Dept of Health Commissioner Robert C. Long;
- Mental Health Assoc of NYS CEO Glenn Liebman;
- National Alliance on Mental Illness Executive Director Nancy Breenlamb;
- Federation of Mental Health Centers President Dr. John Rossland;
- NY Assoc of Psychiatric Rehab Services Executive Director Harvey Rosenthal;
- NYS Rehabilitation Assoc Inc. President & CEO Jeff Wise;
- Cerebral Palsy Associations of NYS Government Relations Vice President Barbara Crasier;
- Alcoholism & Substance Abuse Providers of NYS Executive Director John Coppola;
- Supportive Housing Network of New York Executive Director Ted Houghton;
- Families Together in NYS Executive Director Paige Pierce;
- Citizens Committee for Children Sr. Policy Associate Joan Siegel;
- Jewish Board of Family & Children's Services Director of Public Policy & Government Relations Carmen Collado;
- NYS Council for Community Behavioral Healthcare Executive Director Lauri Cole;
- Coalition of Behavioral Health Agencies Senior Associate for Policy Jason Lippman;
- Parents with Psychiatric Disabilities Legal Advocacy Project Staff Attorney Christine Waters;
- Association for Community Living Executive Director Toni Lasicki;
- Corporation for Supportive Housing Ryan Moser;
- The Direct Support Professional Alliance of NYS Co-President Joseph Macbeth;
- Friends of Recovery NY President Laura Elliott-Engel;
- Self-Advocacy Association of NYS Projects Assistant Shameka Andrews; and
- Alliance of Long Island Agencies Coordinator Margaret Raustiala.