Existing Conditions Summary--Rhinebeck Highway Study

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ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING STATE AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN NEW YORK

This paper simulates alternative distributions of general purpose state aid to local governments under different combinations of criteria: tax capacity, effort, and revenue needs. Revenue needs are based on Tobit estimates of the costs of providing average levels of 16 categories of services. Segmenting the sample into high and low population jurisdictions provided a more realistic set of cost estimates. Available revenues or capacity are determined by multiplying each jurisdiction's tax bases by standard tax rates. A Need-Capacity gap, the difference between needed revenues and available revenues, is used as a needs-based distribution strategy for general purpose aid. Finally an effort gap, based on above average tax efforts was added to the Need-Capacity gap to define a Need-Capacity-Effort strategy.Public Economics,

2019 Survey of New York’s Local Chief Elected Officials: The Details

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Local Governments in New York State: A Profile of Chief Elected Officials

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Policy Issues for Local Governments in New York State

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Helping Small Local Governments Develop Capital Improvement Programs: Development and Initial Testing of a Microcomputer-Assisted Approach

This report describes a Capital Improvement Programming Model developed for use with small towns in New York and sets forth conclusions based upon its initial testing. The model was pilot-testing with five small towns in the Adirondack Park region. Project staff developed socio-economic and historical financial data on each of the five test jurisdictions. In working sessions with local officials of these jurisdictions, they reviewed these data with them and then asked them to choose projection assumptions from a menu of understandable choices. These choices were used with a microcomputer and spreadsheet software templates to develop six-year estimates for these categories as well as annual totals for all operating revenues and operating expenditures. By subtracting the projections of total annual operating expenditures and existing annual debt service commitments (ascertained from local records) from the projections of total annual operating revenues, the software program provided an annual residual available for financing future capital expenditures

Services Provided by Local Govenments in New York State

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ALTERNATIVE METHODS FOR DISTRIBUTING STATE AID TO LOCAL GOVERNMENTS IN NEW YORK

This paper simulates alternative distributions of general purpose state aid to local governments under different combinations of criteria: tax capacity, effort, and revenue needs. Revenue needs are based on Tobit estimates of the costs of providing average levels of 16 categories of services. Segmenting the sample into high and low population jurisdictions provided a more realistic set of cost estimates. Available revenues or capacity are determined by multiplying each jurisdiction's tax bases by standard tax rates. A Need-Capacity gap, the difference between needed revenues and available revenues, is used as a needs-based distribution strategy for general purpose aid. Finally an effort gap, based on above average tax efforts was added to the Need-Capacity gap to define a Need-Capacity-Effort strategy