2025 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Agriculture & Markets/ Parks & Recreation
January 27, 2025
1:00 PM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
Randy Simons
Commissioner
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation

Richard A. Ball
Commissioner
New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets

Kyle Wallach
Associate Director of Public Policy
New York Farm Bureau

Allyson Jones-Brimmer
VP of Regulatory and Legislative Affairs
Northeast Dairy Producers Association

Katie Baildon
Policy Manager
Northeast Organic Farming Association of New York

Josh Stephani
Manager
Adirondack Food System Network

Bill Ketzer
Senior Legislative Director
American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

Brian Shapiro
New York State Director
Humane Society of the United States

Libby Post
Executive Director
New York State Animal Protection Federation

Will Cote
Senior Director of Public Lands
Parks & Trails New York

Julian Mangano
New York Policy Manager
American Farmland Trust

Carli Fraccarolli
Government Relations Manager
Scenic Hudson

Written Testimony
Lysa Ratliff
CEO
KABOOM!

Officer Christopher Booker
Director of the New York State Park Police Officers
Police Benevolent Association of New York State

Gregory Silverman
Chef
The West Side Campaign Against Hunger