2026 Joint Legislative Budget Hearing - Transportation
February 3, 2026
9:30AM
Hearing Room B, Legislative Office Building, Albany

Transcript Pending
Testimony
Janno Lieber
Chairman and Chief Executive
Metropolitan Transportation Authority

Marie Therese Dominguez
Commissioner
New York State Department of Transportation

Mark J.F. Schroeder     (Testimony Pending)
Commissioner
New York State Department of Motor Vehicles

Frank Hoare
Executive Director
New York State Thruway Authority

James Morrell     (Testimony Pending)
President
New York Public Transit Association

Lisa Daglian     (Testimony Pending)
Executive Director
Permanent Citizens Advisory Committee to the MTA (PCAC)

Steve Strauss
Executive Director
Empire State Passengers Association

Michael Burridge
NYS Director of Government Relations
ACEC New York

Walter Pacholczak
Vice President of Government Affairs
Associated General Contractors NYS

John Cooney Jr     (Testimony Pending)
Executive Director
Construction Industry Council of Westchester and Hudson Valley Inc.

William Geary
President
NYS County Highway Superintendents Association (NYSCHSA)

James Dussing     (Testimony Pending)
President
NYS Association of Town Superintendents of Highways

Fred Hiffa
Consultant
ReBuild NY Now

Mark Heefner
President
NYAMA - New York Aviation Managers Association

Zach Miller     (Testimony Pending)
Vice President of Government Affairs
Trucking Association of NY

Christopher Schuyler
Managing Attorney
New York Lawyers for Public Interest

Christopher Greif
President
ADA Accessibility Transportation Group

Debra Greif
Parent Advocate
Accessibility Community LIRR Metro North

Elizabeth Adams
Deputy Director
Transportation Alternatives

Amy Cohen
President and Founder
Families for Safe Streets

Alexandra Mikowski
Executive Director
Access to Independence of Courtland County

Written Testimony
Empire Center for Public Policy

John Hroncich

Lawsuit Reform Alliance of New York (LRANY)

Long Island Contractors’ Association (LICA)

National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB)

New State Laborers

New York Association for Pupil Transportation

New York Roadway and Infrastructure Coalition

New York State Public Employees Federation (PEF)

Rochester-Genesee Regional Transportation Authority (RGRTA)