2016-2017 Joint Budget Hearing
Workforce Development
February 3, 2016
1:00PM
Hearing Room B
Testimony
Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York State Development of Civil Service
Interim Director, New York State Governor’s Office of Employee Relations
Executive Deputy Commissioner, New York State Department of Labor
Director Legislative & Political Action, Civil Service Employees Association Local 1000
President, New York State Public Employees Federation
President, The Organization of New York State Management Confidential Employees
Board President, Retired Public Employees Association
President & CEO, Manufacturers Association of Central New York
Executive Director, New York Association of Training and Employment Professionals
CEO, Schenectady YWCA, Coalition of YWCA of NYS
Deputy Director & Chief Economist, Fiscal Policy Institute
Senior Policy Analyst, Federation of Protestant Welfare Agencies
Worker, Retail, Wholesale and Dept. Store Union
Worker, Make the Road New York
Worker, NY Communities for Change
Policy Analyst, United Neighborhood Houses
Executive Director, Consumer Directed Personal Assistance Association
Written Testimony
Executive Director, Empire State Restaurant & Tavern Association
President & CEO, NYS Restaurant Association
Women’s Issues Specialist, League of Women Voters of NYS
President, COBANC
Long Island African American of Chamber Commerce
Policy Committee Co-Chair, Northeast Organic Farming Association of NY
Executive Dir., Strong Economy for All Coalition
Schenectady, New York
Dietary Aid, Western New York
Poughkeepsie, New York
Home Health Attendant
Houghton, New York
Houghton, New York
Houghton, New York
Warren, Washington, and Albany County Chapters of NYSARC Inc.
President, Rockland Country District Attorneys Association of the State of NY
President & CEO, Amalgamated Bank
Chairperson, Greater NY Chamber of Commerce
Chairman, Ben & Jerry’s Ice Cream
Owner, Silk Oak Ithicamade
President and Co-Owner, Spectronics Corporation
CEO & Founder, On Belay Business Advisors Inc.
Executive Director, NYPLC
Co-chairs, The Westchester Women’s Agenda
Director of Policy and Community Education, Early Care & Learning Council
Political Director, Committee of Interns and Residents/SEIU Healthcare
Senior Policy Analyst, Demos
Director of Research, The Children’s Defense Fund NY
The NYS Nurses Association
American Association of University Women of NYS
UFCW Local 2013
Organizer, MomRising
NPNY
Manager, Government Affairs, Center for Disability Rights