Committee for a Yorktown Town Administrator
Because changing times demand a new approach to local government.
Additional
sources of information about local government in New York State
Organizations
- ICMA (International City/County Management Association), a
professional association of nearly 9,000 members that provides
publications, data, information, technical assistance and training
and professional development to to thousands of city, town, and
county experts and other individuals throughout the world.
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National Civic League, an organization dedicated to making
local government more inclusive, and responsive to residents in
thousands of communities across the country.
- New
York State Commission on Local Government Efficiency and
Competitiveness, Includes several reports and links.
- New York State City County Management Association, a professional organization of appointed chief executive officers and administrators, other appointed municipal officials and educators dedicated to the improvement of local government and the quality of urban life.
Publications/Reports
- "The
Evolution of New York State's Local Government System"
by Gerald Benjamin, SUNY New Paltz, October, 1990. Prepared for the
Local Government Restructuring Project, Nelson A. Rockefeller
Institute of Government, Albany, New York.
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"Outdated Municipal Structures: Cities, Towns and
Villages--18th
Century Designations for 21st
Century Communities." A research series from the Office of the New
York State Comptroller, Vol. 2, No. 3, October 2006.
- New York State Local Government Handbook, 5th edition, 2008.
- "Taking Stock of the Council-Manager Form at 100" by James H. Svara and Kimberly L. Nelson, Public Management Magazine.
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