Roberto Ramirez (born April 5, 1950) is a licensed attorney and graduate of New York University School of Law.
[1] As an attorney, and both prior to and during his time in public office, Mr. Ramirez worked as an activist in the crusade against social injustice and racism.
As Chair of the Administrative Regulations Review Commission (ARRC), Mr. Ramirez introduced regulatory reform legislation and conducted statewide public hearings on health and environmental issues and on the Executive Branch's attempts to restrict the right of the public to participate in the State rule making process.
As Chair of the Social Services Committee, Ramirez worked to protect the interests of New Yorkers participating in government assistance programs.
Ramirez authored the Ramirez/March bill which was eventually adopted as budget language requiring welfare-to-work programs to provide welfare recipients enrolled in colleges with work-fare assignments on or near their campuses.
In 1998, Chief Judge Judith Kaye and Chief Administrative Judge Jonathan Lippman appointed Ramirez to the Committee to Promote Public Trust and Confidence in the Legal System to address public trust issues and develop a strategic plan to improve the justice system.