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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0:00 Welcome
1:07 Basil Seggos, Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
2:25:27 Erik Kulleseid, Commissioner, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation
03:37:25 Richard A. Ball, Commissioner, New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets
05:00:45 Erica Goodman, New York Regional Director, American Farmland Trust
05:03:57 Katie Baildon, Policy Coordinator, Northeast Organic Farming Association Of New York (NOFA-NY)
05:07:11 François Elvinger, Professor, Executive Director, Associate Dean for Diagnostic Operations and Government Relations, NYS Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory College of Veterinary Medicine Cornell University Cornell University
05:10:33 Libby Post, Executive Director, New York State Animal Protection Fund
05:21:44 Andy Bicking, Director of Government Relations and Public Policy, Scenic Hudson
05:24:51 Christopher “Kim” J. Elliman, President and CEO, The Open Space Institute
05:28:17 Kate Boicourt, Director, Climate Coasts and Watersheds, New York-New Jersey, Environmental Defense Fund
05:42:57 Will Cote Parks, Director, Parks & Trails New York
05:46:30 Cathy Pedler, Director of Advocacy, Adirondack Mountain Club
05:49:24 Kevin Chlad, Director of Government Relations, Adirondack Council
05:52:31 Katherine Nadeau, Deputy Director, Catskill Mountainkeeper
06:07:55 Judith Enck, President, Beyond Plastics
06:11:11 Craig Cookson, Senior Director, Plastics Sustainability, American Chemistry Council
06:14:35 Abigail Sztein, Director, Government Affairs, American Forest & Paper Association
06:17:42 Anne Germain, COO & SVP Regulatory Affairs, National Waste & Recycling Association
06:21:01 Ryan Castalia, Executive Director, Sure We Can
07:00:49 Roberta Wilding, Executive Director, Clean and Healthy New York
07:04:12 John Bartow, Executive Director, Empire State Forest Products Association
07:07:22 Kate Kurera, Deputy Director, Environmental Advocates NY
07:10:45 Elizabeth Moran, New York Policy Advocate
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07:14:05 Jessica Ottney Mahar, Director of Policy and Strategy, The Nature Conservancy New York Division
07:35:42 Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment
07:39:35 Meme Hanley, New York Senior Manager, Land Trust Alliance
07:42:40 Emily Terrana, Director of Organizing, Clean Air Coalition of Western New York
07:45:59 James E Hanley, Senior Policy Analyst, Empire Center for Public Policy
07:48:23 Mark A. Dunlea, Chair, Green Education and Legal Fund
07:51:42 Patrick McClellan, Policy Director, New York League of Conservation Voters
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Part 1: https://youtu.be/NaB5hqsEqMM