Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Higher Education
February 4, 2020
9:30 AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
Kristina M. Johnson
Chancellor, State University of New York

Félix V. Rodriguez
Chancellor, City University of New York

Shannon Tahoe
Interim Commissioner, New York State Education Department

Dr. Guillermo Linares
President, New York state Higher Education Services Corporation

Andrew Pallotta
NYSUT President, New York State United Teachers

Frederick Kowal
President of United University Professions

Barbara Bowen
President of Professional Staff Congress

Santana Alvarado
Chairperson NYPIRG CUNY Hunter College Student, New York Public Interest Research Group – NYPIRG

Timothy Hunter
Chairperson, CUNY University Student Senate

Nicole Agu
Vice Chair of International Student Affairs

Austin Ostro
Trustee, SUNY President, SUNY Student Assembly, State University of New York (SUNY) Student Assembly

Mary Beth Labate
President, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities – CICU

Donna Stelling-Gurnett
President, Association of Proprietary Colleges

Christopher Barto
Vice President of Community Relations LIM College

Samuel Rowser
Executive Director, On Point for College

Kevin Marken
Utica Director

Ivelisse Gilestra
Community Organizer, College & Community Fellowship

Diana E. Cruz
Director of Education Policy, Hispanic Federation

Ryan Law
PBA President University Police Officers Director, Police Benevolent Association of New York State

Mac-Olivier Lalanne
Student, SUNY Student

Written Testimony
CWA District One

E.J. McMahon
Research Director, Empire Center for Public Policy

Zuleima Dominguez
Youth Organizer, Make the Road New York

Robb Friedlander
Advocacy and Organizing Director, Swipe Out Hunger

Ivelisse Gilestra
Community Organizer for College & Community Fellowship (CCF), Turn on the Tap

FYCSI
Fostering Youth Success Alliance

Diana Cruz
Director of Education Policy at Hispanic Federation

Anahi Ortiz Fierros
Make the Road New York

Samuel Rowser
Executive Director, Utica Director Representatives of On Point for Colleges, Inc.

Ryan Law
PBA President & University Police Officers Director, New York State University Police Officers, New Paltz State University

Mac-Olivier Lalanne
Student, SUNY Plattsburgh

SUNYSA, The State University of New York Student Assembly