Municipal Governance

Feb 17 2022 Past Event Special Briefing on New York City: New Mayor, Federal Aid, Challenges to Recovery State & Local Finance
Podcasts January 20, 2022 Special Briefing: 2022 Outlook for States and Cities The Volcker Alliance and Penn Institute for Urban Research held a Special Briefing on the 2022 outlook for states and localities. Our panel of experts from government, Washington, and Wall Street included Lucy Dadayan, Senior Research Associate with the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center at the Urban Institute; Larry Johnson, Commissioner, DeKalb County (Georgia) Board of Commissioners and President, National Association of Counties; Eric Kim, Senior Director, Fitch Ratings Inc.; Torsten Slok, Chief Economist, Apollo Global Management, and Mark Zandi, Chief Economist, Moody’s Analytics. The panelists discussed the path of the US economy, inflation, interest rates, the impact COVID-19 continues to have, and whether state and local governments face a “fiscal cliff” as federal pandemic budget aid wanes.  William Glasgall Susan Wachter Mark Zandi Lucy Dadayan Larry Johnson Eric Kim Torsten Slok State & Local Finance
Jan 20 2022 Past Event Special Briefing: 2022 Outlook for States and Cities State & Local Finance
Headshot of Henry Cisneros
Fellow Henry Cisneros
Chairman and Co-Founder, American Triple I Partners Former Secretary, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development
Housing
Dec 16 2021 Past Event Special Briefing on State and City Spending of Federal Infrastructure Funds State & Local Finance
Nov 18 2021 Past Event Special Briefing on Climate Change, Federal Aid and State and Local Strategies Climate Change & Resilience
Fellow Nora Fitzpatrick
Chief of Staff, Communications & Outreach Group, Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Housing
Oct 21 2021 Past Event Governing Locally: Institutions, Policies, and Implementation in Indian Cities Urban Development
Oct 21 2021 Past Event Special Briefing on the Biden Infrastructure Plan: Unmet Needs and State of Play
Research Paper October 20, 2021 The COVID-19 Recession: Which Urban Economies Have Performed Better or Worse and Why John Landis State & Local Finance
Jul 15 2021 Past Event Special Briefing on the Biden Infrastructure Plan: Resilience, Equity, and Federal Investment
Article April 21, 2021 Mayors Honored at 16th Annual Urban Leadership Forum The Penn Institute for Urban Research presented Urban Leadership Awards on April 6 to two mayors who have set an example for their peers by rallying their cities around comprehensive plans. Mayor Yvonne Aki-Sawyerr of Freetown, Sierra Leone, and Mayor Marvin Rees, of Bristol, England, received the awards at Penn IUR's 16th Annual Urban Leadership Forum, in recognition of the transformative power of local leaders to guide cities toward a vibrant future. Anchor Institutions
Apr 15 2021 Past Event Special Briefing: State Budgeting, the COVID-19 Recession, and What Comes Next State & Local Finance
Apr 06 2021 Past Event 16th Annual Urban Leadership Forum: Mayoral Leadership in Challenging Times
Article March 24, 2021 Effective State and Local Leadership in the Age of COVID-19 Governor Phil Murphy was the keynote speaker at “State and Local Leadership Challenges in the Age of COVID-19,” a Livestream event on state and municipal fiscal and operational responses to COVID-19 and the latest in a series of webinars co-sponsored by Penn IUR and The Volcker Alliance. William Glasgall Michael A. Nutter Susan Wachter State & Local Finance Anchor Institutions
Mar 11 2021 Past Event State and Local Leadership Challenges in the Age of COVID-19
Feb 11 2021 Past Event Special Briefing: The COVID-19 Vaccine Rollout and the Impact on States and Municipalities
Jan 14 2021 Past Event Special Briefing: The Year Ahead for States and Municipalities State & Local Finance
Article November 18, 2020 Monitoring Recovery in Employment in New York City Losses in employment in selected industries in New York City between February 2020, just before the effects of the coronavirus pandemic were first felt in the city, and September 2020. Urban Development
Urban Leadership Awardee Marc H. Morial, Esq.
President & CEO, National Urban League
Urban Development

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