FY 2021 Budget, Public Witness Hearing

On Thursday, May 28, 2020, the Labor and Workforce Development Committee held a hearing for public witnesses on the FY 2021 proposed budget regarding all agencies under the Committee’s purview. The hearing was held online using WebX and the full recording will be posted publicly on entertainment.dc.gov.

The draft agenda, public witness list, and public witness testimonies are available below. 

• FY 2021 Draft Agenda and Public Witness List (drafted 5/27/2020)
• Witness testimony:
  • Banfield, Evette, Coalition for Nonprofit Housing and Economic Development
  • Bilitza, Nikko, DC Jobs With Justice
  • Blegay, Wala, District of Columbia Nurses Association
  • Boardman, John, Unite Here Local 25
  • Brown, Laura, First Shift
  • Crawford, Doni, DC Fiscal Policy Institute
  • Davis, Elizabeth, Washington Teachers Union
  • Huff, Marcia, Young Women's Project
  • Johnson, Lecester, Academy of Hope Public Charter School
  • Jones, Alexia T, Collaborative Solutions for Communities
  • Legal Aid and First Shift Joint Testimony
  • Leucking, Nathan, 1199 SEIU
  • Lindsay, Elizabeth, Byte Back
  • Perry, Kimberly, DC Action for Children
  • Palmer, Justin, District of Columbia Hospital Association