Joint Legislative Budget Hearing: Public Protection

New York State Senate Finance Committee Chair Carl Kruger, and Assembly Ways and Means Committee Chair Herman “Denny” Farrell will conduct a joint budget hearing focused on funding for public protection and keeping our communities safe.
 
When: Monday, February 8 @ 9:30 A.M.
 
Where: Hearing Room B – Legislative Office Building
 
Expected to Testify:
NYS Office of Court Administration,  Ann Pfau, Chief Administrative Judge
NYS Office of Home Land Security, Thomas Donlon, Director
NYS Division of Criminal Justice Services, Denise O’Donnell, Commissioner
NYS Division of Parole, Andrea W. Evans, Chairwoman & CEO & Mark Manthei, Executive Director
NYS Division of State Police, Harry J. Corbitt, Superintendent
NYS Department of Correction Services, Brian Fischer, Commissioner
NYS Chief Information Office & Office for Technology, Dr. Melodie Mayberry-Stewart, Chief Information Officer & Director of Office of Technology
NYS Correction Officers PBA, Donn Rowe, President                                          
NYS Troopers PBA, Thomas Mungeer, President
Legal Aid Society, Steven Banks, Attorney in Chief & Deborah Wright, President
Prisoners’ Legal Services of New York, Karen Murtagh-Monks, Executive Director
NYS Bar Association, G. Robert Witmer, Former President
NYS Defenders Association, Jonathan Gradess, Executive Director
NYS Commission on Judicial Conduct, Robert Tembeckjian, Administrator
Osborn Association, Elizabeth Gaynes, Executive Director
Empire Justice Center, Anne Erickson, President & CEO
Legal Action Center, Tracie Gardner, Director of NYS Policy
NYS Council of Probation & Administrators, Robert Iusi, President
NYS Probation Officers Association, Larry Evans, Legislative Chair
NYS Association of Fire Chiefs, Tom LaBelle, Executive Director
Legal Services for NYC, Edwina Martin, Director of Government Relations
Legal Services Funding Alliance, Alan S. Harris, President & CEO
League of Women Voters, Barbara Bartoletti, Legislative Director
Interest on Lawyer Account Fund of the State of NY, Christopher O’Malley, Executive Director
Constantine Institute, Terry O’Neill, Director
Corporation for Supportive Housing, Ryan Moser, Deputy Director
 
Hearing will be streamed live online at http://www.livestream.com/nysenate_joint_budget
 
** For a full calendar of joint budget hearings visit: http://www.nysenate.gov/press-release/schedule-joint-legislative-public-hearings-2010-2011-executive-budget-proposal