2025 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Public Protection
February 13, 2025
9:30 AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

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

Robert H. Tembeckjian
Administrator & Counsel
New York State Commission on Judicial Conduct

Patricia Warth
Legal Services Director
New York State Office of Indigent

Rossana Rosado
Commissioner
New York State Division of Criminal Justice Services

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

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

Terence O’Leary
Executive Deputy Commissioner
New York State Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services

Dru Rai
CIO
New York State Office of Information Technology Services

Rosie Wang
Senior Program Associate
Vera Institute of Justice

Tania B. Wagnac
Senior Manager of State Policy
New York Immigration Coalition

Natalia Aristizabal
Civil Rights and Immigration Lead Organizer
Make the Road NY

Amanda Wallwin
State Policy Advocate
Innocence Project

Alice Frontier
Project Managing Attorney
The Legal Aid Society of New York

Robert Ricks
Father of Robert Brooks

Susan Bryant
Executive Director
New York State Defenders Association

James M. McGhan
President
Chief Defender Association of New York

Michael E. McMahon
Richmond County District Attorney
District Attorneys Association of the State of New York

Kevin Stadelmaier
President-Elect, Legislative Committee Chair
New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers

Eugene Perry
President
Firefighters Association of the State of New York

Patrick Hendry
President
Police Benevolent Association of NYC

Tim Dymond
President
New York State Police Investigators Association

Chris Summers
President
New York State Correctional Officers & Police Benevolent Association

Theresa Hobbs
Executive Director
New York State Dispute Resolution Association

Haily Nolasco
Director of Government Relations
Center for Justice Innovation

Joan F Gerhardt
Director Public Policy and Advocacy
New York State Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NYSCADV)

Kristin Brown
President and CEO
Empire Justice Center

Sal F. Curran
Board Member and Co-Chair of Legislative Steering Committee
New York Legal Services Coalition

Jennifer Scaife
Executive Director
Correctional Association of New York

Thomas Gant
Community Organizer
Center for Community Alternatives

Alyssa Bradley
Senior Policy Associate
Center for Employment Opportunities

Written Testimony
Rigodis Appling
Criminal Justice Reform Specialist
League of Women Voters of New York State