2026 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Public Protection
February 12, 2026
9:30AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
Honorable Joseph Zayas
Chief Administrative Judge
New York State Office of Court Administration

Patricia Warth
Director
New York State Office of Indigent Legal Services

Rossana Rosado     (Testimony Pending)
Commissioner
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

Daniel Martuscello
Commissioner
New York State Department of Corrections & Community Supervision

Steven G. James
Superintendent
New York State Division of State Police

Terence O’Leary     (Testimony Pending)
Acting Commissioner
New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services

Dru Rai     (Testimony Pending)
CIO
New York State Office of Information Technology Services

Kristin Brown
President & CEO
Empire Justice Center

Kevin Stadelmaier
President
NYS Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Stan Germán
President
Chief Defenders Association of New York

Susan C. Bryant
Executive Director
NYS Defenders Association

Sal Curran
Legislative Advocacy Committee Co-Chair
New York Legal Services Coalition

Chris Summers
President
NYS Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association, Inc. (NYSCOPBA)

Kurt Labuda
President
NYS Police Investigators Association (NYSPIA)

John D’Alessandro
Association Secretary
Firefighters Association of the State of New York

Mary Pat Donnelly
President
District Attorneys Association of the State of NY

Luba Cortes
Civil Rights and Immigration Lead Organizer
Make the Road New York

Kelsey Pirnak
Advocacy Manager
Vera Institute of Justice

Justin Harrison
Senior Policy Counsel
ACLU of New York

Jennifer Scaife
Executive Director
The Correctional Association of New York

Serena Martin
Executive Director
New Hour LI

Alyssa Bradley
Director, Policy & Business Development
Center for Employment Opportunities

Jose Saldana
Director
RAPP Campaign

Thomas Gant
Community Organizer
Center for Community Alternatives

Elena Sassower
Director
Center for Judicial Accountability, Inc.

Written Testimony
Adoptive and Foster Family Coalition of New York

Autism Learning Partners (ALP)

Elizabeth M. Perez

Her Justice

Julie Farrar

New Economy Project

Neighbors Link

New York State Supreme Court Officers Association, Inc.

Prisoners' Legal Services of New York

Pro Bono Net

Stop Abuse Campaign

Trauma Focused Recidivism Reduction Project