Our Links

Municipal Consolidation

• NYS Attorney General's comprehensive plan to enable reform and efficiency in local government operations

• Attorney General Cumo brings his govenment consolidation and reorganizational proposal to Buffalo

• Outdated Municipal Structures--“Starting from scratch, no one would design the system of local Government operating in New York State today."

School Consolidation

• News on western NY School consolidation

• Editorial on school consolidation and comments

• School consolidation article from Hornell NY

General

• See what Broome County school administrators are making

• Everything you ever wanted to know about teachers union

• NYS Commission on Local Government Efficiency and Competitiveness

• 21st Century Gov-Recommendations in Brief

• Not everyone’s 401k is tanking

• Shared Services/Consolidation

• The New York Property Tax Cap Coalition

• Empire Center report filed January 2010. Recommendations start on page 38 of the document starting with freezing wages!

• Brochure prepared by Unshackle NY last fall regarding inequity in wages for public vs private sector employees.

• 2010 budget testimony from educational groups - of particular interest is a section of the testimony starting on page 198 from the NY School Board Assoc. that discusses mandate relief, union contract negotiations etc..