Upcoming Events
- 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
Donald J. Boyd
Senior Fellow, Rockefeller InstituteStates’ Long-Term Budget Gaps: Are There Any Solutions?
Nov. 30, 2009
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New York State leaders and national experts on state finances explored fiscal problems facing the states and examined potential solutions at the Institute’s first national conference on states’ long-term budget gaps. Boyd called for state processes that force budget designers to take a longer-term view, abandoning one-year planning periods and paving the way for reduced volatility in revenue and expenditure cycles.
