Add to ORKGJustifications for the Buffalo and Erie County control boards usually depend on two false premises: (i) the problem is “bloated” and “inefficient” city and county government; and (ii) the solution is to add another layer of government composed of non-elected, state-appointed officials. The typical commentary lumps all local elected officials together, ignoring large differences between different politicians and between the city and county. It ignores the big structural problems that we face – most of them caused by state and federal policies – and instead pins blame on the closest scapegoats it can find
Growth of many American cities into vast metropolitan communities of suburban cities, towns and vill...
Most American cities are either too big or too small to serve the people who live in them in a cost-...
The Board consists of 15 members. The B&ECPL board is a volunteer position. There are however, some ...
The current fiscal crisis of the City of Buffalo arises from and exemplifies the failure of state an...
The main focus of the board should be to implement the Framework for Regional Growth and to combat s...
In February of 2018, the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government evaluated the websites of fou...
New York State County Law allows each county to designate a board of supervisors to supervise the co...
The County Executive also has the power to appoint citizens to serve on any one of thirty-six Volunt...
Recently, Buffalo awoke to find that it had become the second-poorest major city in the nation, trai...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2009.Ca...
In 2017, the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government evaluated the websites of sixteen municip...
Each year the City of Buffalo files thousands of dollars in housing violation fines as judgments at ...
Reform is a concept that public administration has struggled to define since its inception. The corr...
Buffalo is the nation’s third most impoverished city. Buffalo’s East Side and West Side neighborhood...
Municipal fiscal crises are becoming more frequent, causing the tradition of local control to be que...
Growth of many American cities into vast metropolitan communities of suburban cities, towns and vill...
Most American cities are either too big or too small to serve the people who live in them in a cost-...
The Board consists of 15 members. The B&ECPL board is a volunteer position. There are however, some ...
The current fiscal crisis of the City of Buffalo arises from and exemplifies the failure of state an...
The main focus of the board should be to implement the Framework for Regional Growth and to combat s...
In February of 2018, the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government evaluated the websites of fou...
New York State County Law allows each county to designate a board of supervisors to supervise the co...
The County Executive also has the power to appoint citizens to serve on any one of thirty-six Volunt...
Recently, Buffalo awoke to find that it had become the second-poorest major city in the nation, trai...
Thesis (Ph. D.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2009.Ca...
In 2017, the Buffalo Niagara Coalition for Open Government evaluated the websites of sixteen municip...
Each year the City of Buffalo files thousands of dollars in housing violation fines as judgments at ...
Reform is a concept that public administration has struggled to define since its inception. The corr...
Buffalo is the nation’s third most impoverished city. Buffalo’s East Side and West Side neighborhood...
Municipal fiscal crises are becoming more frequent, causing the tradition of local control to be que...
Growth of many American cities into vast metropolitan communities of suburban cities, towns and vill...
Most American cities are either too big or too small to serve the people who live in them in a cost-...
The Board consists of 15 members. The B&ECPL board is a volunteer position. There are however, some ...