2025 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Labor/Workforce Development
February 26, 2025
9:30 AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
Roberta Reardon
Commissioner
New York Department of Labor

Timothy Hogues
Commissioner
New York State Department of Civil Service

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

Clarissa Rodriguez
Chair/ Commissioner
New York State Workers' Compensation Board

Diana Hinchcliff
President
Retired Public Employees Association

Barbara Zaron
President
Organization of NYS Management Confidential Employees Association

Joshua H. Terry
Legislative Director
CSEA Local 1000, AFSCME

Randi DiAntonio
Vice President
NYS Public Employees Federation (PEF)

Francisco Diez
Senior Policy Strategist
Popular Democracy in Action

Hugh Baran
New York Board Member
National Employment Lawyers Association

Michael Frame
(MACNY) Executive Vice President
The Manufacturers Association of NY

Jim Martin
Executive Director
Association of Community Employment Programs for the Homeless (ACE)

Annmarie Lanesey
CEO & Founder
CanCode Communities

Ellie Fitzgerald
Project Manager
TeachMeducation

James A. Parrott, PhD
City Affairs Director of Economic and Fiscal Policies
The New School Center for New York

Written Testimony
Britni Tantalo
President
New York Cannabis Retail Association

Alaina Varvaloucas
Executive Director
Worker Justice Center of New York

Political Action Committee (NYS Laborers’ PAC)

NYATEP

NYS Educator Workforce Development

Worker’s Justice Project

Long COVID Justice NYC (LCJ-NYC)