The NYS Forum Albany ITCR Meeting - February 2021

Guest Presenter: Michael Balboni, President and Managing Director, RedLand Strategies

Click here to register for Webex

Hon. Michael A.L. Balboni is the President and Managing Director of RedLand Strategies. Balboni has both the expertise and strategic knowledge to understand and react to the most difficult problems that you might face in both government and business. Before entering the private sector, Balboni served the public in New York State for 19 years, beginning with his election to the New York State Assembly in February of 1990. He was re-elected to the NYS Assembly four times, before winning a seat in the NYS Senate. He then served in the New York State Governor’s Office as Deputy Secretary for Public Safety and Homeland Security Advisor for New York State, overseeing 13 state agencies.

In 2017, Balboni was appointed by NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo and confirmed by the NYS Senate to the New York Power Authority’s Board of Trustees where he currently serves as the Chair for the Cyber and Physical Security Committee. He is also a Board Member for the Center for Cyber and Homeland Security (CCHS) at George Washington University, Trustee for Adelphi University’s Board, and a Trustee for the New York State Trooper Memorial Foundation.  In 2019 and in response to his public safety and homeland security experience and leadership, Michael Balboni was appointed  to the U.S. Department of Transportation Technical Pipeline Safety Standards Committee, commonly known as the Gas Pipeline Advisory Committee (GPAC).

Balboni currently serves as the Executive Director of the Greater New York Health Care Facilities Association, a trade association providing regulatory compliance and life-safety services to more than 80 nursing homes in the NYC-metro area. Michael Balboni is also a member of Rivkin Radler Attorneys at Law Corporate and Health Services Practice Groups.

In addition to his New York State government service as an elected official, Balboni has held other leadership positions, including:

• Chairman of the Committee on Veterans, Homeland Security, and Military Affairs, the first-ever appointed in New York State
• Governor’s representative to the “Securing the Cities” program, the Nuclear Notification Officer for the Governor’s office
• Security Chair for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation
• Advisor to the Homeland Security Transition team for President Barack Obama
• Member of NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Homeland Security and Public Safety Transition team
• Member of NYS Governor Andrew Cuomo’s Savings and Government Efficiency (SAGE) Commission
• Member, New York State Responds Commission, following Superstorm Sandy

NOTE: IF YOU ARE A NEW USER TO THE NYS FORUM YOU MUST COMPLETE AN ACCOUNT PROFILE BEFORE REGISTERING BY CLICKING HERE

WHAT TO EXPECT FOR NYS FORUM IN-PERSON EVENTS 

As you enter the New York State Forum for in-person events there will be some changes.  

Entering the building:

Park in the front or back.  Enter through street facing entranceway only.  The parking lot entrance is for exits only. 

• All attendees must be wearing face coverings at all times while inside the buildings.  Upon entering you will be instructed to wait in line behind yellow lines marked 6 feet apart on the floor as we screen each attendee with the following questions:
1. Have you experienced a fever of 100.4 degrees Fahrenheit or greater, a new cough, new loss of taste or smell, or shortness of breath within the past 10 days? 
2. In the past 10 days, have you tested positive for COVID-19 using a test that tested saliva or used a nose or throat swab (not a blood test)? (10 days measured from the date you were tested, not the date you received the test result.)
3. To the best of your knowledge, in the past 14 days, have you been in close contact (within 6 feet for at least 10 minutes) with anyone while they had COVID-19?
4. In the past 14 days, have you traveled internationally or returned from a state identified by New York State as having widespread community transmission of COVID-19 (other than just passing through the restricted state for less than 24 hours)?

If you answered yes to any of these questions you will not be permitted to enter and be instructed to leave. 

• Upon entering The NYS Forum, face coverings are required at all times.  Follow the floor markings to the large conference room and find a seat.  Chairs are strategically set six feet apart, please do not move them.  All other rooms (offices, kitchen, board room) will be closed and inaccessible.
• We ask that you put your coat on the back of your chair and do not use the coat rack. 
• There will be hand sanitizer stations throughout office space.
• There will be no food or drink available and the kitchen will be closed. You are welcome to bring their own coffee, water or other beverages
• To use the bathroom, follow the floor markings in the meeting room to exit to the hallway and turn right and immediate left and follow the hallway to the bathrooms.  Upon leaving the bathrooms to return to your meeting, please turn right and follow the hallway to the main entranceway of The New York State Forum and enter through these doors and follow the floor markings back to your seat.

Exiting the building:

Follow the floor markings in the office to exit the conference room directly to the hallway and turn right out of the doorway and quickly turn left to exit the stairwell by the bathrooms.