• Book Forum: “Tales from the Sausage Factory”
  Thursday, September 23
  1:30 - 3:00 p.m.
  Authors/Speakers: Dan Feldman, John Jay College | Gerald Benjamin, SUNY New Paltz


• Implementing
  Health Reform
  Monday, September 27
  10:30 a.m. - Noon Speakers: Richard Nathan, Rockefeller Institute | Deborah Bachrach, Bachrach Health Strategies


• Campaign Finance Reform
  Wednesday, December 1
  Time TBA
  Speaker: Michael Malbin, Campaign Finance Institute

Hazard and Risk Assessment for NYS: Estimating Probability and Severity

Speakers — Ernest Sternberg and Graduate Students in Urban and Regional Planning, University at Buffalo

Filling Vacancies on the Court of Appeals

Speaker — Vincent M. Bonventre, Professor of Law, Albany Law School

CFE v. State of New York: What the Litigation Means for New York City, New York State, and the Nation

Speaker — Michael A. Rebell, Executive Director, The Campaign for Educational Equity

What the New Governor Will Face: A Fiscal Outlook

Speaker — John F. Cape, Director, New York State Division of Budget

“GulfGov" Research Findings on Katrina and Rita Hurricane Effects in Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama

Speaker — James C. Brandt, President, Public Affairs Research Council of Louisiana

Privatization in the Public Sector: Is It Worth It?

Speakers — E. J. McMahon, Jr., Director, Empire Center for New York State Policy, and Senior Fellow for Tax and Budget Studies, Manhattan Institute for Policy Research; J. Robert Port, Senior Editor/Investigations, Albany Times Union; and Mildred E. Warner, Associate Professor, Department of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University

Who Should Redraw the Political Map? Redistricting in New York State

Speakers — Roman Hedges, Deputy Secretary, New York State Assembly Ways and Means Committee, and Member, NYS Legislative Task Force on Demographic Research and Reapportionment, and Blair Horner, Legislative Director, New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)

Health Savings Accounts: Are They a Good Idea?

Speakers — Peter D. Salins, Ph.D., Vice Chancellor for Academic Affairs and Provost, State University of New York, and James W. Fossett, Associate Professor of Public Administration and Public Health, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany

Campaign Finance: The Reform Moment in Albany and DC?

Speaker — Michael Waldman, Executive Director, The Brennan Center for Justice, NYU School of Law

A Window of Opportunity to Reform New York State

Speaker — Alan G. Hevesi, New York State Comptroller

Perspectives on New York State's Lobbying Law

Speaker — David Grandeau, Executive Director, New York Temporary State Commission on Lobbying

Workforce Planning in Education: Replacing Retiring Teachers and Administrators

Speakers — Johanna Duncan-Poitier, Deputy Commissioner for Higher Education and Professions, New York State Education Department; Maria Neira, First Vice President, New York State United Teachers; David Szczerbacki, Provost/Vice-President for Academic Affairs, The College of Saint Rose; and James Wyckoff, Rockefeller College of Public Affairs and Policy, University at Albany, and Principal Investigator, Teacher Policy Research

Judicial Selection in New York State

Speaker — Assemblyman Herman D. Farrell, Jr., Chair, Assembly Committee on Ways and Means

The Paradox of Child Welfare Reform: Tragedy in the Midst of Progress

Speaker — Fred Wulczyn, Research Fellow at Chapin Hall Center for Children, University of Chicago

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The Fiscal Challenges Facing Public and Private Colleges

Speakers — Steven G. Poskanzer, President, State University of New York at New Paltz, and Morton Owen Schapiro, President, Williams College