A new research paper from the Hugh L. Carey Center for Government Reform at Wagner College details how New York’s public authorities became a mechanism for unrestrained spending, why previous reform efforts failed, and what needs to be done to regain control.
The paper is entitled “New York’s Secret Government: Public Authorities Are Out of Control and Threatening the State’s Fiscal Health.”
An innovative, community-driven effort managed by Vision for Staten Island is taking shape and offering a new approach to planning Staten Island’s future. This newly created organization has initiated a “visioning” project using a process pioneered by ACP Visioning+Planning that will bring the Staten Island community together with public and private leaders to create an inclusive and comprehensive vision for the future.
Published in the Wednesday, Nov. 12 issue of the Staten Island Advance.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — “Becoming a Spiritual Synagogue in a Post-Ethnic Era” will be the topic of a lecture by Rabbi Dr. Lawrence Hoffman at 8 p.m. Nov. 18 in Wagner College’s Spiro Hall.
The lecture is part of the Grymes Hill college’s Jewish Culture Series, which is co-sponsored by the Jewish Community Center of Staten Island. The lecture is free and open to the public.
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — On game days in the fall, the campus drive that separates the Wagner College football stadium from the parking lot, across the street from the main campus, is abuzz with pedestrian and vehicular traffic, and the energy of college football.
GRYMES HILL — Students at Wagner College don’t lack the means to recycle on their Grymes Hill campus, but a group of freshmen has discovered they’re unwittingly missing the mark.
Wagner College grabbed four top honors in this year's AWE Readers Poll, conducted for the Staten Island Advance Weekly Entertainment section. The winners were: