Case Studies of the Impact of Federal Aid on Major Cities: City of Rochester

This report was prepared under a grant to the Brookings Institution from the Office of Program Evaluation of the Employment and Training Administration, U.S. Department of Labor, under the authority of the Comprehensive Employment and Training Act (CETA)

Complying with the Help America Vote Act (HAVA): Variations Among the States

Our focus is on both the causes for the variations in state compliance with HAVA and the consequences of HAVA requirements for election administration, with particular emphasis on the experiences of New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania in implementing HAVA. We identify administrative, political, and policy-related reasons for variations in HAVA compliance in each state. We also consider the effects of HAVA on state and local government interactions, funding decisions, and policy innovation. We begin by reviewing HAVA compliance requirements, describing how states responded to those requirements, and comparing New Jersey, New York, and Pennsylvania with the national norms for compliance

Governing New York State

Edited by Robert F. Pecorella and Jeffrey M. Stonecash. Includes chapter by College at Brockport emeritus Sarah F. Liebschutz: Guide to research on New York politics. New York State, because of its great diversity, has more extensive social and political conflict than most states. Governing New York State: Fifth Edition provides expert assessment of how these conflicts are organized and represented, and how the political process and political institutions work to seek to resolve them. This newly updated fifth edition contains significantly revised material and covers more topics than the prior edition. The contributors examine conflicts between New York City and the rest of the state, and between federal, state, and local governments. The role of major political parties in organizing and representing broad coalitions of different groups is reviewed, along with the role of third parties, interest groups, and the media. Political institutions that shape the political process—the governor, the legislature, the courts, and the public authorities—are discussed, along with how these institutions affect the representation of responsiveness of various groups. Finally, Governing New York State investigates the major policy areas of the state: the economy, taxes, local education, higher education, health care, welfare, transportation, and the environment.https://digitalcommons.brockport.edu/bookshelf/1066/thumbnail.jp

Social Capital and the Growth of the Nonprofit Sector

This article examines the extent to which nonprofit organizational foundings are determined by various forms of social capital. Our hypothesis is that, controlling for other relevant social, political, and economic factors, communities with higher levels of social capital should experience more extensive growth in their nonprofit sectors. Copyright (c) 2005 by the Southwestern Social Science Association.