Daniel Convissor's Website

Politics and Government

• New York City Council's Home Page

• New York City's Home Page

• City Limits Magazine is an excellent resource for progressives interested in New York City government.

• Giuliani v Dinkins: Election Results and Analysis [this isn't ready yet.]

• The History of the New York City Legislature. By Frederick Shaw. Columbia University Press, 1954

• Municipal Assistance Corporation: Description & Members

• New York City Budget: Trends and Process. By Daniel Convissor. June 1995.

• Financial Control Board: Description & Members

• Political Crisis/Fiscal Crisis: The Collapse and Revival of New York City. By Martin Shefter. Basic Books, 1985 and 1987. Columbia University Press, 1992.

• Giuliani's Quality of Life Campaign

• Giuliani Capital Plan: Transport Spending Defies Reality. My analysis of the Mayor's May 1994 capital plan

• NYC's New Capital Commitment Plan: Mayor's Transport Policy Is Lost My analysis of Mayor Giuliani's September 1994 capital plan.

• Daniel Convissor is quoted in a story about the Mayor's capital program: "Giuliani's in the Driver's Seat" By Ellis Henican. New York Newsday, 29 March 1994.

• Giuliani's Lower Manhattan Plan

• Fire Norman Steisel, Not Our Trash. The Dirty Politics Behind Incineration in New York City.

• Pataki's Plans will Kill NYC Transit

• Fare Hike is a Tax Increase

• Mayor Giuliani's Changing Stance on Transit Funding

• The Justice Policy Institute has produced a report entitled New York State of Mind? This document outlines how the State of New York has cut college spending by $600 million while increasing prison spending by $700 million. The JPI has produced similar studies pointing out the backward policies in the United States.

• Prisoners in New York State

• My brief explanation of the New York Metropolitan Transportation Council

• The Defense of Marriage Act was recently passed by the US Congress. This measure defines the terms marriage and spouse to mean relationships between members of the opposite sex. This legislation poses a contradiction: in the "land of the free and the home of the brave," some people are so timid about their own sexuality that they'll restrict others' freedom. If you're curious, check how your politicians voted.

• The Library of Congress' Thomas has complete Legislative Information.

• New Jersey's Home Page

• New York State's Home Page

• New York State Senate's Home Page

• Home Page of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority of New York State

• United Nations

• Port Authority of New York and New Jersey

• "Libertine or Liberal? The Real Scandal of what People Know About President Clinton." people tend to assume he has taken a liberal or left-wing stance.

• City Limits A discussion of the policy boundaries cities face in the US. By Paul Peterson. University of Chicago Press, 1981.

• City Limits has a small, but good, segment explaining how politicians diffuse opposition movements

• Mayors and Money: Fiscal Policy in New York and Chicago. By Ester Fuchs. University of Chicago Press, 1992.

• 1994 Congressional Elections: A Republican Landslide and Public Mandate?