Among the individuals and organizations providing testimony were:

• NYS Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Alexander B. Grannis;
• NYS Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Commissioner Carol Ash;
• NYS Department of Agriculture & Markets Commissioner Patrick Hooker;
• NYSERDA President & CEO Francis J. Murray, Jr.;
• Audubon New York Government Relations Director Sean Mahar;
• Nature Conservancy Government Relations Director Paul Hartman;
• Adirondack Council Legislative Director Scott Lorey;
• NYS Public Employee Federation Executive Board Representative Wayne Bayer;
• Adirondack Mountain Club Executive Director Neil Woodworth;
• Parks and Trails New York Director Shawn McConnell;
• American Farmland Trust NYS Director David Haight;
• Scenic Hudson Public Policy Director Andy Bicking;
• NYPIRG Senior Environmental Associate Laura Haight;
• Land Trust Alliance Manager (New York) Ethan Winter;
• Wildlife Conservation Society Government Affairs Director Janet Torres;
• Wildlife Conservation Society Botanical Gardens Government Relations Director Joshua Rivera;
• Friends of Hudson River Park Deputy Director Matthew Washington; and
• Brooklyn Botanic President Garden Scot D Medbury.