Rockefeller Institute and NYSAC Offer Third Annual Local Government Conference for Researchers, Policymakers, and Practitioners

November 1, 2017

For Immediate Release
Contact:
Kyle Adams,
Communications
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Rockefeller Institute and
NYSAC Offer Third Annual Local Government Conference for Researchers, Policymakers, and Practitioners

Local governments provide most of the public services New Yorkers depend on. The state's local governments continue to seek ways to better serve their local citizens and address local needs. To better understand how we can improve the capacities of local governments to meet these challenges, the Rockefeller Institute has invited an excellent group of researchers and practitioners to present their current work on the challenges and opportunities facing local governments in New York. The New York State Association of Counties (NYSAC) joins us this year in cosponsoring the event.

Presenters will discuss their findings at our Research and Practice in Progress Briefing on Local Government in New York: A Forum for Local Government Researchers, Practitioners, and Policymakers. The event is scheduled for Wednesday, November 15th, from 10:30 a.m. -- 3:45 p.m. at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government of SUNY, at 411 State Street in Albany.

To register, please contact Michele Charbonneau at (518) 443-5258 or at [email protected]. The program is free and open to all interested. Parking permits are available on request.

The schedule for the day is as follows:

10:30 -- 10:40 a.m.	Welcome and Review of Agenda
10:40 -- 11:40 a.m.	Service Sharing Strategies Promoting Innovation in Local Government Mark P. Pattison and Ann Thane, NYS Department of State, and Tim Maniccia, Policy Innovations, Inc. Review of 2017 County-wide Shared Service Initiative Plans Tom Cetrino, Benjamin Center, SUNY New Paltz, and Meghan Cook, Center for Technology in Government
11:40 -- 11:50 a.m.	Break
11:50 a.m. -- 12:40 p.m.	Municipal Responses to New York's Tax Cap Overriding the Property Tax Cap: Who? Where? & Why? Austin Aldag, Cornell University New York's Property Tax Cap and County Bond Ratings Kevin M. Bronner, University at Albany
12:40 -- 1:30 p.m.	Lunch
1:30 -- 2:20 p.m.	Models and Concepts to Assist Local Decision Makers and Managers How "The Academy" Can Better Help Local Leaders Access, Interpret, and Utilize Relevant Information for Complex Decisions David Kay and Robin Blakely Armitage, Cornell University It Takes a Village ... and a State and a Federal Government: Intergovernmental Roles in Monitoring and Managing Infrastructure Susan VanDeventer, Office of the New York State Comptroller
2:20 -- 2:30 p.m.	Break
2:30 -- 3:40 p.m.	Metropolitan Fiscal Challenges Rust Belt Cities and Their Burden of Legacy Costs Stephen Eide, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research Challenges to Policymakers from Changes in the Composition of Personal Income for Greater New York Jonathan Hubschman Local Government Responses to Fiscal Stress in New York State Mildred Warner, Cornell University

About the Rockefeller Institute of Government

The Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government is the public policy research arm of the State University of New York. The Institute conducts fiscal and programmatic research on American state and local governments. Learn more at www.rockinst.org.

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