Recent Submissions

  • Saratoga Springs: Attempts at Administrative Reform

    Hattery, Michael; Seeger, Christopher C.; Sullivan, John (SUNY Brockport Department of Public Administration, 2022)
    This review of proposed change in governance and administration in the City of Saratoga Springs, New York is one in a series of communities in New York that took initiative to change the administration of their local government. These local initiatives were reviewed and summarized in 2020-22 by the Public Management Program (PMP), Department of Public Administration, SUNY Brockport. The cases were examined to provide insights for other local leaders and citizens in New York about options for change in local administration and governance. They examine (1) how initiatives for administrative change got started, (2) how local leaders and citizens responded to the initiative and moved forward, (3) the barriers and useful resources that were identified in the process, and (4) the experience since a change has been adopted - or not.
  • A Long Time Coming: North Castle Town Administrator

    Hattery, Michael; Simon, Alison (SUNY Brockport Department of Public Administration, 2021)
    This review of change in governance and administration in the Town of North Castle, New York is one in a series of communities in New York that took initiative to change the administration of their local government. These local initiatives were reviewed and summarized in 2020-21 by the Public Management Program (PMP), Department of Public Administration, SUNY Brockport. The cases were examined to provide insights for other local leaders and citizens in New York about options for change in local administration and governance. They examine (1) how initiatives for administrative change got started, (2) how local leaders and citizens responded to the initiative and moved forward, (3) the barriers and useful resources that were identified in the process, and (4) the experience since a change has been adopted - or not.
  • Town of Canandaigua: Sustaining Leadership

    Hattery, Michael; Watt, Celie (SUNY Brockport, Department of Public Administration, 2021)
    This review of change in governance and administration in the Town of Canandaigua, New York is one in a series of communities in New York that took initiative to change the administration of their local government. These local initiatives were reviewed and summarized in 2020-21 by the Public Management Program (PMP), Department of Public Administration, SUNY Brockport. The cases were examined to provide insights for other local leaders and citizens in New York about options for change in local administration and governance. They examine (1) how initiatives for administrative change got started, (2) how local leaders and citizens responded to the initiative and moved forward, (3) the barriers and useful resources that were identified in the process, and (4) the experience since a change has been adopted - or not.
  • Managing Tuckahoe: Transitioning to a Village Administrator

    Hattery, Michael; Watt, Celia (SUNY Brockport, 2021)
    This review of change in governance and administration in the Village of Tuckahoe, New York is one in a series of communities in New York that took initiative to change the administration of their local government. These local initiatives were reviewed and summarized in 2020 by the Public Management Program (PMP), Department of Public Administration, SUNY Brockport.
  • Local Governments in New York State: A Profile of Chief Elected Officials

    Hattery, Michael R.; Watt, Celia A.; Footer, Dawn; Hattery, Michael R.; Lindstrom, JoAnn; State University New York, Brockport (2019-01-01)
  • 2019 Survey of New York’s Local Chief Elected Officials: The Details

    Hattery, Michael R.; Watt, Celia A.; Footer, Dawn; State University New York, Brockport (2019-01-01)
  • Training Needs of New York State’s Local Elected Officials

    Hattery, Michael R.; Watt, Celia A.; Footer, Dawn; State University New York, Brockport (SUNY Brockport, 2019-03-01)
  • Options Report--Rhinebeck Highway Study

    Hattery, Michael R.; State University of New York College at Brockport (2019-01-01)
  • Local Capital Planning Practices in New York State: 2019 Survey Results

    Hattery, Michael R.; Watt, Celia A.; Footer, Dawn; State University New York, Brockport (SUNY Brockport, 2020-06-01)
  • Existing Conditions Summary--Rhinebeck Highway Study

    Hattery, Michael R.; State University of New York College at Brockport (2018-01-01)
  • Risk Management Practices for Local Governments in New York State

    Hattery, Michael R.; Watt, Celia A.; Footer, Dawn; State University New York, Brockport (SUNY Brockport, 2019-04-01)
  • Policy Issues for Local Governments in New York State

    Hattery, Michael R.; Watt, Celia A.; Footer, Dawn; The College at Brockport (2019-01-01)
  • Code Enforcement Study: Village of Johnson City

    Hattery, Michael R.; State University of New York College at Brockport (2019-01-01)
    Beginning with the signing of an intermunicipal agreement in 2011, the Town of Union has provided code enforcement services for the Village of Johnson City. In 2018, members of Johnson City Board of Trustees decided to examine the feasibility for Johnson City to re-create an in-house code enforcement capacity to serve the needs of the Village residents and property owners. The village contracted with the Public Management Program (PMP) in the Department of Public Administration at SUNY the College at Brockport to study the feasibility of recreating a village code enforcement capacity. This report summarizes the study findings.
  • 2000 Survey of Local Government Policy Issues, Training Needs and Technology Use in New York State (Review Draft, NOT for quote or citation)

    Hattery, Michael R.; State University of New York College at Brockport (Cornell University, 2001-04-01)
  • Local Capital Planning in New York: Practices and Prospects for a Revitalized Future

    Hattery, Michael R.; State University of New York College at Brockport (SUNY Binghamton, 2010-02-01)
  • Executive Summary

    Hattery, Michael R.; State University of New York College at Brockport (Cornell University, 2001-06-01)
  • Local Governments in New York State: A Profile of Chief Elected Officials

    Hattery, Michael R.; Lindstrom, JoAnn; State University of New York College at Brockport (SUNY Binghamton, 2009-02-01)
  • Pressing Policy Issues for Local Governments in New York State

    Hattery, Michael R.; Robertson, Chelsea; State University of New York College at Brockport (SUNY Binghamton, 2010-05-01)
  • Training Needs of New York State's Local Elected Officials

    Hattery, Michael R.; Lindstrom, JoAnn; State University of New York College at Brockport (SUNY Binghamton, 2010-03-01)
  • 2009 Survey of New York's Local Chief Elected Officials: The Details

    Hattery, Michael R.; State University of New York College at Brockport (SUNY Binghamton, 2009-01-01)