2026 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Housing
February 25, 2026
2:00PM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
RuthAnne Visnauskas     (Testimony Pending)
Commissioner & CEO
New York State Homes & Community Renewal

Carlina Rivera
President and CEO
NYS Association for Affordable Housing

Mark Streb
Executive Director
Neighborhood Preservation Coalition

Erin Burns-Maine
SVP, External Affairs
The Community Preservation Corporation

Genevieve Rand     (Testimony Pending)
Organization Director
Housing Justice for All

Charlie Dibe     (Testimony Pending)
Tenant Member
Met Council on Housing

Rita Vega
Citywide Deputy Director
Legal Services New York City

Christie Peale     (Testimony Pending)
Executive Director/CEO
Center for New York City Neighborhoods

Randy Dillard     (Testimony Pending)
Tenant Leader
Right to Counsel Coalition

Chiquita D’Arbeau
Executive Director/CEO
Albany Housing Authority

Susan Riggs
Sr. Director of Housing Policy
American Society for the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals

Rachel Fee
Executive Director
New York Housing Conference

Bria Donohue
Government Affairs Manager
American Institute of Architects New York

Elizabeth Rose
Founder & Executive Director
My Dog is my Home

Emily Goldstein
Director of Organizing and Advocacy
Association for Neighborhood and Housing Development

Adele Neiderman
President
Cooperators United for Mitchell-Lama (CU4ML)

Baaba Halm
Senior Vice Program
Enterprise Community Partners

Valerie White
Head of National Strategic Initiatives
Local Initiatives Support Corporation NY

Jocelyn Gordon
President
NY Land Bank Association

Rashida Tyler
Acting Executive Director
NYS Council of Churches

Michael Borges
Executive Director
Rural Housing Coalition of New York

Drew Gamils
Senior Attorney
Riverkeeper

Antonia Besculides
Officer
New York State Rural Advocates

Xaver Kandler
Political Director
For the Many

Eustacia Smith
Director of Advocacy
West Side Federation for Senior and Supportive Housing

Canyon Ryan
Executive Director
United Tenants of Albany

Amy Blumsack
Director of Organizing and Policy
Neighbors Together

Bebhinn Francis
Organizer
National Union of the Homeless

Alison Wilkey
Director of Government Affairs
Coalition for the Homeless

Written Testimony
African Communities Together (ACT)

American Association of Service Coordinators

Catholic Migration Services

Cattaraugus Community Action, Inc.

Center for Elder Law & Justice

Commission on Independent Colleges & Universities in New York

Community Action of Orleans & Genesee - Written Testimony

Cortland County Community Action Program, Inc

Fair Housing Justice Center, Inc.

Jillian McMillian

LeadingAge NY

Legal Services NYC

Lisa Sperber

Malika Conner

Mohawk Valley Community Action Agency

New York State Weatherization Directors Association (NYSWDA) - Written Testimony

North Country Rural Development Coalition

PathStone Corporation

Real Estate Board of New York

Tioga Opportunities Inc.

Urban Pathways

Volunteers of America-Greater New York