Syracuse / Albany / Rochester / Saratoga / Buffalo / Yonkers / Rensselaer / New York City / Schenectady / /
Company
Questar / /
Currency
USD / /
Facility
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government / Highway Services / /
IndustryTerm
cooperative educational services / State law / public transportation / public services / infrastructure-related services / shared municipal services / payroll processing / choose instead to purchase those services / telecommunication network services / purchase services / information technology / /
Organization
Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute / Capital District Youth Center / Internal Revenue Service / State Education Department / One Elk Street / Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness / Blue Ribbon Commission on Consolidation / intermediate school district / New York State Bar Association / NYSBA Government / Local Government / University of the State of New York / State Academy for Public Administration / Government Law Center / Municipal Highway Services Board / /
Person
Robert B. Ward / Richard P. Nathan / Frank J. Mauro / Spitzer / Richard Briffault / Victor J. Riley Jr. / Robert D. McEvoy / Henrik N. Dullea / Gerald Benjamin / Cuomo / James D. Folts / /
Position
model for broader reform / Model for Municipal Reform / powerful chief / General / superintendent / regional representative / state Education Commissioner / author / project director / Governor / coordinator / Deputy Director / commissioner / district superintendent / /
ProvinceOrState
Oregon / New York / Washington / California / Colorado / Chemung County / /
BOCES: A Model for Municipal Reform? By Robert B. Ward In making his case for localgovernment restructuring this year, Governor Spitzer echoed a common theme among observers of government in New York: we simply have too