Introduction: Shared services is the new reform as local governments seek efficiencies but also seek to ensure public control and oversight. We worked with all the local government associations in NYS and the School superintendents to conduct a series of surveys in 2013 of all cities, towns, villages, counties and school districts in NYS. Results of these surveys can be found below. In addition, case studies of service sharing are profiled below.
NYS 2013 Survey Results
Homsy, G.; B. Qian, Y. Wang and M. Warner (2013). Shared Services in New York State: A Reform that Works, Summary of Municipal Survey in NYS, 2013, Shared Services Project, Dept of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Sipple, J. and Diianni-Miller, A. (2013). "Shared School Services: A Common Response to Fiscal Stress," Shared Services Project, Dept of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Shared Services: The Reform that Works (slide presentation) Mildred Warner and Bingxi Qian, Cornell University and Warren Lucas, Town of Salem.
Shared Services in New York State: A Reform that Works (slide presentation) Grace Under Pressure: Innovation in a Time of Forced Efficiencies Summit. Mildred Warner, Cornell University.
Service Sharing between Municipalities and Schools in New York State: Least where need is greatest - By Yang Wang and Mildred Warner, Cornell University
Do Municipalities Share Services with Poorer Neighbors?: Factors Explaining Levels of Service Sharing Among Municipalities in New York State - By Bingxi Qian and Mildred Warner, Cornell University
Case Studies
Barriers to InterMunicipal Service Sharing In NYS - by Xiaomeng Li, Cornell University
Innovations in Shared Services: The Need for an Administrative Backbone - By Natalie Hymer and Maya Tellman, Cornell University
Sharing Services in New York State: Successful Cases in Energy, Health Insurance and Joint Purchasing - By Siba El-Samra, Cornell University
Hayes, C. (2013). "Intermunicipal Sharing: BOCES helps Towns and Schools Cooperate across New York," Shared Services Project, Dept of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Hayes, C. (2013). "More than Career Education: A BOCES Primer," Shared Services Project, Dept of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Hayes, C. (2013). "Savings on Administrative Costs: Are Central Business Offices the Answer?," Shared Services Project, Dept of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY.
Birk, E. (2013). "Who Picks Up the Bill? Problems With One-Sided Service Mergers: The Case of the Onondaga County Police Services Merger," Shared Services Project, Dept of City and Regional Planning, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. ll University, Ithaca, NY.
Presentations
Shared Services in New York State: A Reform that Works
Mildred Warner, Cornell University
Grace Under Pressure: Innovation in a Time of Forced Efficiencies Summit
Huntington, NY, June 2014
Shared Services: Results of Statewide Survey and Municipal Cooperation
Mildred Warner and Bingxi Qian, Cornell University and Warren Lucas, Town of Salem.