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Explains how New York's institutions and policymakers have governed the state through a series of contemporary crises.
This volume takes a fresh approach to the study of New York State politics and government through an examination of governance in times of crises. Contributors address several questions including: How have state and local governments responded to this succession of crises? What has been the role of political parties and party competition in tackling these crises? How have governing institutions adapted to these crises? Which factors have contributed to resolution of crises and which have prevented the resolution of others? The chapters cover the major institutions of state government, the challenges and pressures for New York State municipalities, and several contemporary crises, including housing, climate change, migration, an aging and declining population, and deindustrialization. By using the lens of crisis, this book provides both a historical and future-looking discussion of governance of the Empire State.
"This impressive volume provides an in-depth explanation of the politics of crisis management at the state and local levels in New York State. In addition, using crisis governance as the lens, it updates and deepens our understanding of New York's government as a whole." — Daniel L. Feldman, coauthor of The Art of the Watchdog: Fighting Fraud, Waste, Abuse, and Corruption in Government
Laurie A. Buonanno is Professor of Public Administration at SUNY Buffalo State University and a European Commission Jean Monnet Chair (2026–2028). She is the coauthor, with Michael Buonanno, of Remembering Italian America: Memory, Migration, Identity. Lisa K. Parshall is Distinguished Professor of Political Science at Daemen University, Amherst, New York, and a policy fellow at the Nelson A. Rockefeller Institute of Government. She is the author of In Local Hands: Village Government Incorporation and Dissolution in New York State, also published by SUNY Press. Frederick G. Floss is Professor of Economics at SUNY Buffalo State University. He is Secretary of the Buffalo Fiscal Stability Authority and was executive director of the Fiscal Policy Institute. Byron W. Brown is Professor of Practice in Public Administration at SUNY Buffalo State University and President and CEO of Western Regional Off-Track Betting Corporation. He was a member of the Buffalo Common Council and a New York State Senator prior to serving as a five-term mayor of the City of Buffalo (2006–2024).
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Preface
Introduction: Crisis Governing in New York State
Part I. Institutions, Budgetary Politics, and Crises
1. The Executive and Crises
Laurie A. Buonanno and Lisa K. Parshall
2. The New York State Legislature
William C. Conrad III, Laurie A. Buonanno, and Frederick G. Floss
3. New York Courts in Crisis
Anonymous
4. Budgeting and Crisis
Frederick G. Floss, Laurie A. Buonanno, and Lisa K. Parshall
Part II. Localities and Crises in New York State
5. Economic Divergence: Crises and the Upstate-Downstate Divide
Carolyn M. Dudek
6. Cities Under Stress
Lisa K. Parshall
7. Buffalo: The "Comeback City" on Lake Erie
Byron W. Brown
8. Budgetary and Reorganization Pressures on Local Government in New York
Lisa K. Parshall
9. Schools in Crisis: Providing a Sound Basic Education
Casey Jakubowski, Lisa K. Parshall, Frederick G. Floss, and Laurie A. Buonanno
Part III. Contemporary Policies and Crises
10. New York's Climate Change Policy
Laurie A. Buonanno, Frederick G. Floss, and Gregory P. Rabb
11. The Affordable and Adequate Housing Crisis in New York State
Lisa K. Parshall
12. Counties Under Pressure: The Death of County Nursing Homes
Laurie A. Buonanno, Frank Ciaccia, and Lisa K. Parshall
13. New York's Approach to Migration
Laurie A. Buonanno, Todd O'Bryan, and Lisa K. Parshall
Conclusion Learning from Crises in the Empire State
Byron W. Brown, Laurie A. Buonanno, Frederick G. Floss, and Lisa K. Parshall
References
List of Contributors
Index