The Intergovernmental Studies Program (IGSP) works to improve intergovernmental performance and collaborative outcomes for state and local governments. IGSP studies government-to-government partnerships to understand how different initiatives develop and determine what makes some of them successful. IGSP shares these best practice lessons to make state-local and intermunicipal partnerships more effective.

Recent Activities

IGSP supports NYS Attorney General's plan to reform local government

IGSP and partners work on Ulster County Shared Municipal Services Initiative

IGSP releases report on municipal cooperation in Albany County

IGSP publishes research note on agenda setting

IGSP produces report on agenda setting dynamics and fiscal distress in New York's local governments

IGSP partners with NYS Office of the State Comptroller on Local Governance Dialogue Project