Volume 58, Issue 1 Process, Powers, and Lessons for the Future: 25 Years of New York City Charter Revisions
The issue is based on the Process, Powers, and Lessons for the Future: 25 Years of New York City Charter Revisions symposium held at New York Law School in February, 2013. The event was co-sponsored by the Center for New York City Law at New York Law School, and dedicated to the memory of Dr. Frank Macchiarolo and Edward I. Koch. Videorecordings of the event are available here. Click here to view the videorecordings in iTunes.Articles
Revisionists’ History: A Foreword
ANTHONY W. CROWELL
Change the Rules and You Change the Game: at’s Why Charter Revisions Matter in New York City
JOHN AVLON
Can Government Work?
EDWARD SKYLER
Working Toward a Better-Functioning Government: Re ections on the 2010 Charter Revision Commission
MATTHEW GOLDSTEIN
A Discussion on New York City and Its Future: A Conversation with New York City Council Speaker Christine Quinn
CHRISTINE C, QUINN
Learning from Washington: A New Approach to Analyzing the Structure of New York City’s Government
DAVID S. YASSKY
Reflections on the 1989 Charter Revisions
MICHAEL A. CARDOZO
Twenty-Five Years Later: Re ections on New York City’s 1989 Charter Revision Commission and on Charter Commissions in General
FREDERICK A.O. SCHWARZ JR.
Twenty-Five Years of the Council-Mayor Governance of New York City: A History of the Council’s Powers, the Separation of Powers, and Issues for Future Resolution
ELIZABETH FINE and JAMES CARAS
On the Voters’ Terms: Amending New York City’s Charter to Protect Voter-Imposed Term Limits
RANDY M. MASTROS
Promoting an E ective and Responsive City Government by Retaining and Strengthening the Office of the Public Advocate
LUCAS ANDERSON