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Control of New York’s Senate: Who Decides?
The question of who controls the New York State Senate is, for now, in the hands of the 62 senators rather than the courts. But a lingering power vacuum may produce new calls for judicial intervention. If and when such an appeal goes to the state’s highest court, the Court of Appeals, its decision whether to accept the case could turn on this question: What does uncertainty over the Senate mean for the state?
Robert B. Ward, April 2009
Study of the Real Property Tax in New York State
New York’s property tax is often criticized as burdensome and inequitable. A new Rockefeller Institute report for the Education Finance Research Consortium analyzes changes in the property tax from 1993-2006 to assess its impact across regions, property classes and ability to pay. Overall, the study found that however it is measured, the property tax burden rose during those 13 years. And the school property tax became more regressive, with effective tax rates in poorer districts rising relative to income.
New York and the Global Economy
Rising threats to Wall Street’s role as a source of wealth and jobs, the vital link between higher education and economic growth, and the importance of immigrant entrepreneurs were among the topics explored in an October 6th Rockefeller Institute conference, “New York and the Global Economy.” Carl T. Hayden, chair of the State University Board of Trustees, analyzed steps that other nations have taken to boost economic development by expanding higher-education opportunity.
A New York State Network for Economic Research Conference
October 6, 2008
Gubernatorial Succession and the Powers of the Lieutenant Governor
[PDF]A Public Policy Forum featuring Honorable Joseph L. Bruno, Majority Leader and President Pro Tem, New York State Senate; Honorable Robin Schimminger, New York State Assembly; Panel: Gerald Benjamin, SUNY New Paltz, Richard Briffault, Columbia University, Peter J. Galie, Canisius College. May 29, 2008
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Segment 1: Honorable Robin Schimminger
Segment 2: Honorable Joseph L. Bruno
Panel: Gerald Benjamin, Richard Briffault, and Peter Galie
New York State Government: Second Edition
A new edition of the definitive guide to New York State government, looking at the agenda and challenges facing New York policymakers in the years ahead. With five new chapters, the book also examines the issue of the upstate economy, New York‘s complex array of local governments, and the role of debt and public authorities.
Robert B. Ward, The Rockefeller Institute Press, 2006
Order from SUNY Press Curriculum [PDF]
Rockefeller In Retrospect: The Governor's New York Legacy
[PDF]Nelson A. Rockefeller, the state’s distinguished fiftieth governor, served from 1959 to 1973. About 100 people — many of them participants with the governor in state government during his tenure — gathered at the Rockefeller Institute of Government on December 10 and 11, 1982. They discussed the governor’s long-term impact upon politics, institutions, and policies in the Empire State. This volume is the record of that two-day program.
Gerald Benjamin and T. Norman Hurd (Eds.), 1984
Remembering Al Marshall, 1921-2008
[PDF]Twenty-seven distinguished New Yorkers who served with Alton G. Marshall, Governor Rockefeller’s longtime chief of staff, offer memories of his character, dedication, leadership, and creativity — and of the inspiration he provided to others.
July 2008
