New York State Government: What It Does, How It Works (Rockefeller Institute Press) - Softcover

In New York State Government, readers learn about institutions—the state Constitution and the three branches of government—and the essentials of current and historic state policies in education, health care, transportation, economic development, the environment, taxes, and spending. The book reveals the dynamics of how elected and appointed officials make decisions, and how policies change in response to motivated leaders and the will of the people.

Robert B. Ward has studied and written about New York State government for more than twenty years as a newspaper reporter and editor, as assistant to the chairman of the Assembly Ways and Means Committee, and in his present position as director of research for The Public Policy Institute of New York State, the research affiliate of The Business Council of New York State. A graduate of Syracuse University, he lives in Delmar, New York.