2026 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Labor/ Workforce Development
February 25, 2026
9:30AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
Roberta Reardon
Commissioner
New York Department of Labor Roberta

Hugh Baran
Board Member & Co-Chair, Legislative Committee
National Employment Lawyers Association/ NY

Timothy Hogues
Commissioner
New York State Department of Civil Service

Michael N. Volforte
Director
New York State Governor’s Office of Employee Relation

RoAnn Destito
President
Retired Public Employees Association (RPEA)

Heath Morris
Executive Director
Organization of NYS Management (OMCE) Confidential Employees Association

Joshua H. Terry
Director, Legislative & Political Action
Civil Service Employees Association (CSEA)

Randi DiAntonio
Vice President
NYS Public Employees Federation (PEF)

Andrew Little
President
UAW Local 4100

Lara Kyriakou
Senior Director of Policy
All Our Kin

Colleen McDonald
Director
NYS Educator Workforce Development HUB

Theodore Moore
Executive Director
ALIGN: The Alliance for a Greater New York

Written Testimony
A Better Balance (“ABB”)

Alliance for a Green Economy (AGREE)

Alliance for Quality Education

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Associated Builders & Contractors, Empire State Chapter (ABC)

Association for Energy Affordability, Inc. (AEA)

Bring Up Minimum Pay (BUMP)

Center for Independence of the Disabled, New York (CIDNY)

Center for New York City Affairs at The New School

Child Care Workforce Collaborative

Community Development Long Island

Committee for Hispanic Children & Families

EdTrust-New York

Empire State Campaign for Child Care

Health Workforce New York (HWNY)

Homeless Services United (HSU)

Lead Free Kids NY

Low Income Investment Fund (LIIF)

Mark A. Torre, Commanding Officer, NYPD Bomb Squad (Ret.)

New York Civil Liberties Union

New York State Public Employees Federation Retiree Organization

People's Equal Action and Community Effort, Inc. (PEACE, Inc.)

Popular Democracy in Action

St. Lawrence County Community Development Program, Inc.

TeachNY

WNY Women’s Foundation

Worker Justice Center of New York