A NEW NEWYORK: TH E CONSTITUTIONAL DIMENSION

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8:00 CHECK-IN AND CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Constitution, 2d ed. (Oxford University GERALD BENJAMIN was appointed 8:30-8:45 GREETINGS AND INTRODUCTION Press, 2012), as well as numerous as Associate Vice President for articles on a variety of legal topics, with Doug Muzzio, Professor, School of Public Affairs, Baruch College Regional Engagement and Director a concentration on state constitutional of the Center for Research, Regional 8:45-9:15 ALERTING NEW YORK: "OPPORTUNITY lS COMING" law and history. His most recent article, Education and Outreach (CRBEO) at Gerald Benjamrn, Director, CRREO and Distinguished Professor of "Anything Goes: A History of New SUNY New Paltz in 2008. He joined Political Science, SUNY New Paltz York's Gift and Loan Clauses," co- the New Paltz faculty as an Assistant authored with fellow panel chair Peter Professor Setting the Agenda for Constitutional Change of Political Science in 1968, Galie, was recently published in the Bill Samuels, Chair, Effective New York Foundation achieved the University's highest Albany Law Review. rankin 2OO2 when he was appointed 9:15-10:45 PANEL I- CONSTITUTIONAL CHANGE 2013 Distinguished Professor by the SUNY Amendments offered this year and what they tell us about the Board of Trustees. He served as Chair RICHARD BRODSKY is a former state constitution of the Department of Political Science, I4-term New York State Assemblyman PANEL CHAIR Presiding Officer of the faculty and from Westchester and is currently Gerald Benjamin (for twelve years beginning in 1996) a Senior Fellow at Demos and a Dean of the College of Liberal Arts Senior Fellow at NYU's Wagner PRESENTERS and Sciences. Formerly Director of School of Public Administration. ln Peter Galie, Emeritus Professor of Political Science, Canisius College, the Center for the New York State and the NYS Assembly Richard Chaired Buffalo, NY Local Government Studies at SUNY's the Committee on Environmental Chris Bopst, Partner, Goldberg Segalla LLP, Buffalo, NY Rockefeller lnstitute of Government Conservation creating NY's Dennis Hawkins, Executive Director, Fund for Modern Courts in Albany, between May of 1993 and Environmental Protection Fund which Susan Lerner, Executive Director, Common Cause NY March of 1995 Gerald Benjamin served has disbursed billions to preserve and Panel 1 moderated Q&A by Eleanor Bandolph, Editorial Board as Research Director of the Temporary restore the environment statewide. Member, State Commission on Constitutional He successfully challenged lndian Bevision appointed by Governor Mario Point Nuclear Plant on a range of 10:45-11 :00 BREAK Cuomo. issues including polluting the Hudson River, faulty evacuation planning, 11:00-12:30 PANEL II - BIG CONSTITUTIONAL QUESTIONS BEFORE NEW YORK and hazardous radioactive leaks. As PANEL CHAIR partner CHRISTOPHER BOPST is a Chairman of the Assembly Committee Douglas Muzzio, Professor of Public Affairs, Baruch College at the law firm of Goldberg Segalla LLP on Corporations, Authorities, and in Buffalo, New York, practicing in the PRESENTEBS Commissions, he authored the historic areas of commercial and constitutional Richard Brodsky, Senior Fellow at Demos and Senior Fellow at NYU's 2009 Public Authorities Reform Act, litigation. He is a graduate of Canisius Wagner School of Public Administration a sweeping reform of all of NY's 700 College and Notre Dame Law School, Frank Mauro, Executive Director, Fiscal Policy lnstitute authorities, the most significant reform both with honors. Prior to Mr. Bopst's David Sciarra, Executive Director, Education Law Center of NYS government in decades. current position, he practiced law Robert Ward, Depuly Comptroller, Budget & Policy Analysis at in Miami, Florida, where he was a Office of the Mr. Brodsky writes regularly for State Comptroller partner in a national law firm. He was Hufflngton Post and the Albany Times named Florida Rising a Star by Super Union. He has appeared on CNN, 12:,30 -1:45 LUNCHWQANDA .1 Lawyers magazine in 2009 and 201 Panel 2 Q&A moderated by Morgan Pehme, Editor-ln-Chief, , MSNBC, and Fox Business News, as well as a Florida Legal Elite "Up and City and State among many other national and Comer" for the year 201 1. Mr. Bopst 1:45-2:OO WRAP-UB SUMMARY NEXT STEPS statewide W stations. He has been has co-authored The New York State Gerald Benjamin featured on dozens of radio stations including NPR, WNYC, WCBS and York Constitution for use by social Prior to joining Common Cause NY in Schenectady and of Syracuse WINS. His op-eds have been featured studies teacher throughout the state. Susan was the executive director of the University's Maxwell School of in the New York Times, New York Daily The prolect is being funded by the California Clean Money Campaign. She Citizenship and Public Affairs. He twice News, The Capitol and other major New York State Bar Association's Law, served as a member of the Steering received the Air Force Commendation publications. Richard attended Brandeis Youth and Citizenship Program. Committee of the Commonwealth Medal for his work in the field of race University where he earned a bachelor's Club's Voices of Beform Project relations. degree in Politics and Harvard Law and on the Board of Trustees of the School where he received his J.D.. DENNIS HAWKINS is the Executive California State Sumer School for the Director of the Fund for Modern Courts, Arts. She founded and chaired the DOUG MUZZIO is a political scientist, a private, nonprofit, nonpartisan Committee for Judicial lndependence,, sought-after analyst and on-air PETER J. GALIE has published organization dedicated to improving the a grassroots organization dedicated to commentator on current city, state and numerous articles in the area of state administration of justice in New York. educating and activating Americans national issues. He has taught courses constitutional law; two books, The New He joined Modern Courts in November to the importance of an independent in a wide variety of areas, including York State Constitution: A Reference 2005. Previously, he was the Regional federal judiciary and led a statewide U.S. urban politics and government, Guide,2nd ed. (Oxford University Press Anti-Corruption Advisor in Eurasia for coalition of groups on federal judicial leadership and strategy, campaigns 201 2) co-authored with Christopher the American Bar Association's Central nominations. and elections, and public opinion and Bopst, and Ordered Liberty: A European and Eurasian Law lnitiative public policy. Muzzio has extensive Constitutional History of New York (CEELD, a public service project that For almost 20 years, Susan was a governmental and media experience. (Fordham University Press, 1996). He advances the rule of law by supporting trial lawyer in Los Angeles specializing He is expert in and State was retained by the Attorney General the legal reform process. Until 2001, in complex commercial litigation and politics and government, campaigns of New York as an Expert Witness to Mr. Hawkins served as the Deputy intellectual property. She is a graduate and elections at the national, state present a report to be submitted in the District Attorney in charge of the of the University of Chicago and New and local levels, and American public A-G appeal in Hayden v. Pataki entitled Backets Division in Kings County, New York University Law School. opinion. "The Felony Disenfranchisement York. Prior to that he was a Special Clause of the New York Constitution Assistant Attorney General in the Office Dr. Muzzio has been the co-director of .1 821 -1 938: Background, Chronology, of the Special Prosecutor for the New FRANK MAURO is the Executive the Center for the Study of lnnovation Oigin & Purpose." He was part of an York City Criminal Justice System, Director of The Fiscal Policy lnstitute and Leadership in Government and amicus brief submitted to the New York Counsel to The Association of the Bar (FPl), an independent, nonpartisan, the foundet former director and Court of Appeals in the case of Ske/os of the City of New York, Counsel to nonprofit research and education current member of the Baruch College v. Paterson (2009) on the question: the New York City Fire Depaftment organization committed to improving Survey Research Unit, both at Baruch does the Governor have the authority and Counsel to the New York State public policies and private practices College's School of Public Affairs. He to fill a vacancy in the Lieutenant- Assembly Education Committee. to better the economic and social is a frequent contributor at professional Governor's Office by appointment? conditions of all New Yorkers. Prior conferences and has published on a .1993, He is the recipient of a John R. Oishei to joining FPI in February broad range of subjects. Most recently, Foundation Three Year Teaching SUSAN LERNER, the Executive Frank Mauro was Deputy Director in 201 0, he prepared two studies for Professorship, "Rewriting the New York Director of Common Cause New of the State University of New York's the New York City Charter Revision State Constitution," 1999-2002. He York, has been an activist for over Nelson A. Rockefeller lnstitute of Commission, testified before the was named Distinguished Professor 30 years. She speaks and writes Government. He previously served commission and served on the Citizens of the Year in the Canisius College All extensively on redistricting, ethics and as Director of Research for the last Union task force studying the charter. College Honors Program, in 2012. campaign finance reform. Currently, major revision of the New York City Dr. Muzzio received his bachelor's Along with co-author, Christopher she is a founding member of a new Charter and, before that, as Secretary degree in Political Science from Bopst, he has recently completed a coalition, NY Women vote, to educate of the NYS Assembly's Ways and Fordham University, an M,A. from New lengthy examination of the gift and and mobile women to participate in Means Committee. He was also the York University ICPSR and University of loan provisions of the state constitution the democratic process. She is a founding director of Assembly Speaker Michigan and his Ph.D. from New York published in the Albany Law Review, member of the board of the Center Stanley Fink's Program Development University. 2012. Also with Christopher Bopst, for Traditional Music and Dance Group and, in '1975, of the Assembly he is currently working on the creation and is on the Advisory Board for Office of Research and Analysis. of series of lesson plans on the New Whosontheballot.org. He is a graduate of Union College appeared in Vogue, Esquire, the New Democrats took back Senator Pedro lectures on education law and policy MORGAN PEHME has been the Republic and other magazines. After Espada from the Republicans and in such areas as school finance, early editor-in-chief of City & State since working from 1991 to 1993 in Moscow, appointed him as the Majority Leader. education and school reform. He May 2012. Prior to joining City & State, she wrote a book on Russian life called Bill went on to organize the successful received his B.A. from the University Pehme was executive director of "Waking the Tempests." A member of 2010 effort to defeat Espada and help of California, Berkeley, and graduated New York Civic, the nonpartisan good The Times editorial staff since 1998, elect Gustavo Rivera. magna cum laude in 1978 from Temple government group founded by former she is the author of the "Fixing Albany" University School of Law. New York City Parks Commissioner series on state government. Recognizing the kind of fundamental Henry Stern. ln addition J. to structural change that is needed, organizing nearly dozen live two Bill launched the New Roosevelt, ROBERT WARD is New York State events, he spearheaded the creation BILL conceptualized SAMUELS a multi-year campaign to achieve Deputy Comptroller for Budget and of "Candidate College", an online and formed non-partisan the change around "Five Pillars of Reform" Policy Analysis. ln that position, he video series designed to teach political EffectiveNY.org, along with co- including a focus on New York's serves as chief adviser to Comptroller neophytes how to run for office, and founders Assembly Minority Leader campaign finance rules: highlighting Thomas P DiNapoli on matters the Mary Perot Nichols Award, the only and Professor Gerald the need for public financing, including the state budget and a variety prize cash recognizing investigative Benjamin. EffectiveNY.org has one of other policy issues. He joined the journalism lowered contribution limits with in New York State. He was goal: restoring New York State,s Office of the State Comptroller in April journalism, closure of loopholes that have also an adjunct professor of reputation as the national policy leader 2O12. Bob previously was Deputy otheruvise rendered them useless, film, television, and advertising at by studying both existing policles and Director of the Nelson A. Bockefeller and improved enforcement, so that St. John's University from 2004 to the New York State Constitution,s often Institute of Government, the public- our State Legislature can regain the 2010. He has also worked as a outdated 1894 provisions that still policy research arm of the State political consultant, contributed to contribute to statewide dysfunction. integrity, functionality and common University of New York. ln that role, The Huffington Post, and served as a sense the voters are demanding. he led the lnstitute's New York State columnist and managing editor for The Bill Samuels is an innovative political studies and its research on the finances Queens Courier. thinker and social activist, has a lifetime of state and local governments across DAVID SCIARRA is Executive Director of experience as a CEO and high tech the country. He is author of Neuz of the Education Law Pehme was born and raised on the entrepreneur. Currently, Bill is Managing Center which York State Government, the leading Upper East Side of Manhattan and Director of Carlyle Capital Group, serves as the leading voice for New text on what our state government Jersey's public school children and attended the Dalton School, where he the Executive Chairman of Resonant does and how it works. Earlier in his has become one of the most earned renown as a national scholastic Software, a software technology effective career, Bob was a newspaper reporter advocates for chess champion. He is an honors company in San Francisco, and the equal educational and editor, assistant to the Chairman opporlunity and education justice graduate of Lake Forest College in Hills Treatment Center in Los Angeles, of the Assembly Ways and Means in the United States, lllinois with a dual degree in English a facility dedicated to helping people oversees and Committee, and director of research directs ELC programs literature and French. Pehme has given overcome addiction. and activities. for the Public Policy lnstitute of New politics A practicing civil rights lawyer since talks at many universities about York State. He has also been a local 1978, he has litigated a wide range and appeared as a guest on WNYC's After the 2000 Census, he helped government official, serving as a of cases involving Brian Lehrer Show, the Curtis Sliwa finance the lawsuit challenging socioeconomic member of the lndustrial Development rights, including affordable housing, Show, Air America, and Tokyo-FM. the constitutionality of New York's Agency in the Town of Bethlehem and shelter for the homeless, and welfare notoriously gerrymandered redistricting as a member of the City of Albany's rights. 1996, plan. ln the 2008 elections, Bill served Since David has litigated Commission on Public-Private ELEANOR RANDOLPH is a native of to enforce access for low-income as Finance Chairman for the New Budgetary Cooperation. He also Florida, a graduate of Emory University and minority children to York Democratic Senate Campaign an equal and serves as board chair of the Altamont and veteran journalist who began adequate education under Committee, leading to Democrats state and Program, a nonprofit organization that working at a newspaper in Pensacola, federal law and has gaining control of the State Senate for served as counsel provides addiction treatment, housing Fla., in 1968. She has covered to the plaintiff the first time in decades. ln this role, Bill students in New Jersey's and job training in locations across national politics and the media for The landmark Abbott v. Burke He saw up close the corrosive influence case. the state. An Albany native, he is a Washington Post and the Los Angeles also conducts research, writes, of special interest money on elections. and graduate of Syracuse University. Times, among others. Her articles have He resigned as Finance Chair after the ORREO Center for Research, Regional Education and outreach STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK AT NEW PALTZ

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