Senators and Assemblymembers held a joint legislative budget hearing to discuss funding for environmental conservation in the 2022 New York State Budget. Topics discussed included #environment, #cleanair, #cleanwater, #pollution, #plastic, #recycling, #energy, #schoollunch, #greenenergy, #climatechange, #epa, #adirondacks, #agriculture, #zeroemissions, #olympics, #carbon and #budget.
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TIMESTAMPS
00:01:07 New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
Basil Seggos, Commissioner
02:25:27 New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
Erik Kulleseid, Commissioner
03:37:25 New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets
Richard A. Ball, Commissioner
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PANEL A
05:00:45 American Farmland Trust
Erica Goodman, New York Regional Director
05:03:57 Northeast Organic Farming Association Of New York (NOFA-NY)
Katie Baildon, Policy Coordinator
05:07:11 NYS Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University Cornell University
François Elvinger, Professor, Executive Director, Associate Dean for Diagnostic Operations and Government Relations
05:10:33 New York State Animal Protection Fund
Libby Post, Executive Director
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PANEL B
05:21:44 Scenic Hudson
Andy Bicking, Director of Government Relations and Public Policy
05:24:51 The Open Space Institute
Christopher “Kim” J. Elliman, President and CEO
05:28:17 Environmental Defense Fund
Kate Boicourt, Director, Climate Coasts and Watersheds, New York-New Jersey
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PANEL C
05:42:57 Parks & Trails New York
Will Cote Parks, Director
05:46:30 Adirondack Mountain Club
Cathy Pedler, Director of Advocacy
05:49:24 Adirondack Council
Kevin Chlad, Director of Government Relations
05:52:31 Catskill Mountainkeeper
Katherine Nadeau, Deputy Director
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PANEL D
06:07:55 Beyond Plastics
Judith Enck, President
06:11:11 American Chemistry Council
Craig Cookson, Senior Director, Plastics Sustainability
06:14:35 American Forest & Paper Association
Abigail Sztein, Director, Government Affairs
06:17:42 National Waste & Recycling Association
Anne Germain, COO & SVP Regulatory Affairs
06:21:01 Sure We Can
Ryan Castalia, Executive Director
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PANEL E
07:00:49 Clean and Healthy New York
Roberta Wilding, Executive Director
07:04:12 Empire State Forest Products Association
John Bartow, Executive Director
07:07:22 Environmental Advocates NY
Kate Kurera, Deputy Director
07:10:45 Earthjustice
Elizabeth Moran, New York Policy Advocate
07:14:05 The Nature Conservancy New York Division
Jessica Ottney Mahar, Director of Policy and Strategy
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PANEL F
07:35:42 Citizens Campaign for the Environment
Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director
07:39:35 Land Trust Alliance
Meme Hanley, New York Senior Manager
07:42:40 Clean Air Coalition of Western New York
Emily Terrana, Director of Organizing
07:45:59 Empire Center for Public Policy
James E Hanley, Senior Policy Analyst
07:48:23 Green Education and Legal Fund
Mark A. Dunlea, Chair
07:51:42 New York League of Conservation Voters
Patrick McClellan, Policy Director
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Part 1: https://youtu.be/NaB5hqsEqMM
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