Opening Statements Senator Liz Krueger Senator Thomas F. O'Mara Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein Assemblyman Edward Ra Testimony and Questions Basil Seggos, Commissioner, New York State Department of Environmental Conservation Senator Todd Kaminsky Assemblyman Steve Englebright Senator Daniel Stec Assemblymember Robert Smullen Senator Pete Harckham Assemblymember Chris Burdick Senator Michelle Hinchey Assemblymember Jessica González-Rojas Senator John W. Mannion Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner Senator Rachel May Assemblyman Steven Otis Senator George Borrello Assemblymember Robert Carroll Senator Patty Ritchie Assemblymember Patricia Fahy Senator Sue Serino Assemblymember Jen Lunsford Senator James Tedisco Assemblymember Philip Palmesano Senator Thomas F. O'Mara Assemblymember Kevin Byrne Senator Brad Hoylman Assemblymember Mark Walczyk Senator Liz Krueger Assemblymember Christopher Tague Assemblymember Zohran Kwame Mamdani Assemblymember Judy Griffin Assemblymember Marianne Buttenschon Assemblymember Harvey Epstein Assemblymember William Colton Assemblymember Amanda Septimo Assemblymember Brian Manktelow Assemblymember Anna Kelles Assemblymember William C. Conrad, III Assemblyman Kenneth Zebrowski Assemblymember Didi Barrett Assemblymember Rebecca Seawright Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein Assemblyman Steve Englebright Erik Kulleseid, Commissioner, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation Senator Jose M. Serrano Assemblymember Daniel O'Donnell Senator Brad Hoylman Assemblymember Robert Smullen Senator Sue Serino Assemblymember Kevin Byrne Senator Michelle Hinchey Assemblyman Steve Englebright Senator Pete Harckham Assemblymember Deborah Glick Senator Rachel May Assemblyman Steven Otis Senator Diane J. Savino Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner Senator Thomas F. O'Mara Assemblymember Christopher Tague Senator Liz Krueger Assemblymember Patricia Fahy Assemblymember Mark Walczyk Assemblyman Edward Ra Assemblymember Judy Griffin Richard A. Ball, Commissioner, New York State Department of Agriculture & Markets Senator Michelle Hinchey Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo Senator George Borrello Assemblymember Christopher Tague Senator Rachel May Assemblymember Billy Jones Senator Sue Serino Assemblymember Deborah Glick Senator Thomas F. O'Mara Assemblymember Marianne Buttenschon Senator Liz Krueger Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner Assemblymember Chris Burdick Assemblymember Anna Kelles Assemblymember Philip Palmesano Assemblymember Linda Rosenthal Assemblymember Stefani Zinerman Assemblyman Edward Ra Assemblymember Harvey Epstein Assemblymember John Lemondes Jr. PANEL A Doreen Harris, Acting President & CEO, NYSERDA John B. Rhodes, Chair, New York State Public Service Commission Senator Todd Kaminsky Assemblyman Michael Cusick Senator Patty Ritchie Assemblymember Philip Palmesano Senator Jabari Brisport Assemblymember Robert Smullen Senator Thomas F. O'Mara Assemblymember Deborah Glick Senator James Gaughran Assemblymember Christopher Tague Senator Rachel May Assemblymember Marianne Buttenschon Senator Michelle Hinchey Assemblyman Steve Englebright Senator Thomas F. O'Mara Assemblymember Anna Kelles Senator Liz Krueger Assemblymember Pamela Harris Assemblymember Chris Burdick Assemblymember Zohran Kwame Mamdani Assemblymember Judy Griffin Assemblymember Robert Carroll Assemblymember Patrick Burke PANEL B Patrick McClellan, NYS Policy Director, New York League of Conservation Voters Erin Tobin, VP for Policy and Preservation, Preservation League of NYS Stephan Edel, Coalition Coordinator, NY Renews Kathy Moser, Senior Vice President of Parks and Policy, Open Space Institute Assemblymember Jen Lunsford Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner Assemblymember Patricia Fahy PANEL C Peter Bauer, Executive Director, Protect the Adirondacks Will Cote, Parks Program Director, Parks & Trails New York Michael Barrett, Executive Director, Adirondack Mountain Club Kevin Chlad, Director of Government Relations, Adirondack Council Katherine Nadeau, Deputy Director, Catskill Mountainkeeper Assemblymember Deborah Glick Assemblyman Steven Otis Assemblymember Philip Palmesano Assemblymember Christopher Tague PANEL D Adrienne Esposito, Executive Director, Citizens Campaign for the Environment Roger Downs, Conservation Director, Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter Philip DeGaetano, Commissioner, Interstate Environmental Commission Kate Kurera, Deputy Director, Environmental Advocates NY Assemblyman Edward Ra PANEL E Libby Post, Executive Director, NYS Animal Protection Federation Mark A. Dunlea, Chair, Green Education and Legal Fund Elizabeth Moran, Environmental Policy Director, NY Public Interest Research Group PANEL F Stephen C. Halpern, Staff Attorney, Western New York Law Center Jason Kemper, Chairman, NYS Conservation Fund Advisory Board Peter Morehouse, Forest Rangers Director, PBA of NYS Zachary Steinberg, VP of Policy, Real Estate Board of New York Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner Assemblymember Robert Smullen Senator Daniel Stec Assemblymember Christopher Tague Assemblymember Harvey Epstein PANEL G Elizabeth Wolters, Deputy Director of Public Policy, New York Farm Bureau Assemblymember Christopher Tague Senator Daniel Stec Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo Assemblymember Philip Palmesano Assemblymember Marianne Buttenschon PANEL H Jeremy Cherson, Legislative Advocacy Manager, Riverkeeper Andy Bicking, Director of Public Policy, Scenic Hudson PANEL I Liam Smith, Director of Governmental Affairs, New York Youth Climate Leaders Merton Simpson, Co-Chair, Sheridan Hollow Alliance for Renewable Energy Assemblymember Harvey Epstein Assemblymember Christopher Tague PANEL J Erin McGrath, Policy Manager, Audubon New York Samantha Levy, New York Policy Manager, American Farmland Trust Assemblywoman Carrie Woerner Assemblymember Christopher Tague Assemblyman Steve Englebright Assemblywoman Donna Lupardo Assemblywoman Helene Weinstein Senator Liz Krueger Closing