Summer 2010 NYSAC News Magazine
High property taxes are the most pressing issues facing our communities in New York. They repel new business ventures and they send New Yorkers packing for other states with lower taxes and better job opportunities.
Property taxes are not a new phenomenon. As one Cornell scholar points out in this magazine, property taxes were a thorn in the side of New York colonists over 300 years ago. Then they were used to take care of the poor and vagabonds. Today’s property taxes fund a much broader array of services, much of which are developed inside the four walls of the State Capitol.
New York's Property Taxes, NYSAC News magazine, Summer 2010
2010 Spring NYSAC News Magazine
The spring edition of the NYSAC News magazine illustrates what these outdoor venues mean to our communities and to New Yorkers. The following articles outline the role our parks, trails and recreation programs play for our county governments.
In reading these articles, one thing is clear: investments in public recreational facilities are investments in the long-term health and well-being of our residents, our economies, and our ability to attract tourists businesses looking to relocate to areas with a wealth of natural
resources.
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2010 Winter NYSAC News Magazine
The Winter issue of the NYSAC News magazine marks the beginning of the new year for our Association, and 2010 promises to have its share of challenges and opportunities. Our publication focuses on the opportunities inherent in our first-rate community colleges and state universities.
Articles highlight the unique role institutions of higher education have in our communities. From public-private partnerships in research, incubators of entrepreneurships, job training and the overall impact on our communities, higher educational facilities are a major driver for our State’s economy.
NYSAC News, Winter 2010 -- PDF
Winter NYSAC News Magazine Focuses on Higher Ed
The Winter issue of the NYSAC News magazine marks the beginning of the new year for our Association, and 2010 promises to have its share of challenges
and opportunities. Our publication focuses on the opportunities inherent in our first-rate community colleges and state universities.
Articles highlight the unique role institutions of higher education have in our communities. From public-private partnerships in research, incubators of entrepreneurships, job training and the overall impact on our communities, higher educational facilities are a major driver for our State’s economy.
NYSAC News, Winter 2010 -- PDF
Fall 2009 NYSAC News
Summer 2009 NYSAC News
This edition of the NYSAC News highlights many programs included in the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) that are of interest to counties.
The $787 billion American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) signed into law by President Barrack Obama this winter provides over $463 billion in new federal funding for health care, education, infrastructure projects, benefits to the poor and unemployed, as well as $326 billion for targeted tax cuts in an effort to reverse the most significant national economic downturn since the Great Depression.
NYSAC News, Spring 2009
This issue of the NYSAC News magazine, we recognize county budgets and financing as we are marking National County Government, which celebrates the theme of Modernizing County Government.
Each issue of our magazine includes “County Corner” stories that share best practices of innovative counties at work. In this issue, we have several examples of innovative projects at counties.
Erie County’s experiment with Lean Six Sigma has created a set of new guidelines and procedures put in place in 2007 that has helped the social service departments’ special investigations unit recover more than $16.9 million in fraud. An article from our Yates County Sheriff explores the issues surrounding consolidation of public safety organizations. An innovative vision in Tompkins County has local officials looking into pooling their resources to create an inter-municipal health insurance plan.
Winter 2009 NYSAC News Magazine
Check out the Winter 2009 issue of the NYSAC News for news about ways to save money on partnership programs, state budget proposals, the latest economic statistics and a range of other timely articles designed for today’s county government official.
NYSAC Legislative Director Ken Crannell provides an update on the Executive State Budget, Ontario County Administrator Geoffrey Astles discussion how partnerships can pave the way to cost savings. You can access these and other stories online on our Website at www.nysac.org.
Fall 2008 NYSAC News Magazine
County governance is considerably more complex today than it was in the 1600s. The problems we face today are more numerous and more serious than anything our forbearers could have imagined. The county governments that we represent are still experimenting, still tinkering, still testing and providing and sharing solutions to the problems of governing that we face today.
Using technology to further public service continues to modernize the evolution of county government. I hope that the articles contained in this edition of NYSAC News will assist your county as they continue to provide essential public services.
Summer 2008 issue of the NYSAC News
As our elected state leaders continue to explore statewide efforts to lower property taxes and streamline local programs and services it is important to remember that counties are not “stakeholders” in government programs. Through statute, we serve as the administrative arm of state government, we are partners in government.
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