Senators and Assemblymembers held a joint legislative budget hearing to discuss funding for higher education in the 2022 New York State Budget. Topics included higher education, student services, SUNY, CUNY, tuition, hate, bias, childcare, STEM and prison education. Senators empaneled included @senatorphilboyle, @NYSSenatorJeremyCooney, #JamesGaughran, @SenatorAndrewGounardes, #BradHoylman, #RobertJackson, @SenatorLizKrueger, #JohnLiu, @TomOMara, @SenatorSueSerino, and @SenatorStavisky.
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0:00 Welcome
4:39 Deborah Stanley, Interim Chancellor, State University of New York
2:09:18 Felix V. Matos Rodriguez, Chancellor, City University of New York
03:33:25 Betty A. Rosa, Commissioner, New York State Education Department
04:36:29 Dr. Guillermo Linares, Services Corporation, President, New York State Higher Education
05:16:18 James Davis, President, Professional Staff Congress - CUNY
05:20:47 Dr. Frederick E. Kowal, President, United University Professions (UUP)
05:24:44 Andrew Sako, President of the Faculty Federation of Erie Community College, New York State United Teachers (NYSUT)
05:27:56 Christopher Lacosse, Director, University Police Officers
05:58:50 Donna Stelling Gurnett, President, Association of Proprietary Colleges
06:01:54 Michael Molina, President, Association for Program Administrators of CSTEP & STEP Programs (APACS, Inc.)
06:06:17 Lola W. Brabham, President, Commission on Independent Colleges and Universities (CICU)
06:11:03 Samuel Rowser, Executive Director, On Point for College
06:36:58 Sadiya Hoque, Chairperson of the Board, New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
06:40:17 Winston Berkman-Breen, Policy Counsel and Deputy Advocacy Director, Student Borrower Protection Center
06:43:33 Carolina Rodriguez, Co-Chair, Student Loan Workgroup, New Yorkers for Responsible Lending
06:47:05 Anna Anderson, Supervising Attorney, Director Legal Assistance of Western New York
06:50:13 Bradley Hershenson, President, SUNY Student Assembly
06:53:31 Tydie Abreu, Policy Analyst, Hispanic Federation
06:56:40 James Speaker, President, United Students Government at SUNY Buffalo State College
07:12:10 Max Kenner, Executive Director, Bard Prison Initiative
07:15:28 Tawana Williams, MHS, Fortune Society
07:18:42 Romarilyn Ralston, Executive Director College and Community Fellowship
07:22:15 Dia N. Bryant, Executive Director, The Education Trust – New York
07:25:30 Sean Pica, Executive Director, Hudson Link for Higher Education in Prison
07:28:49 Deidra Nesbeth, Fostering Youth Success Alliance
