Story Categories: Carey Institute Events

 
April 25, 2016
On April 25, 2016, DAN DONOVAN spoke about “Our Current Political Climate and Political Reform” for Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform. Donovan, a Republican, was chosen in a special May 2015 election to represent Staten Island and a portion of Brooklyn in the U.S. House of Representatives following the resignation of […]
 
November 30, 2015
On Nov. 30, 2015, Wagner alum BOB BECKEL ’70 spoke for a Carey Institute event. Beckel is the author of a memoir, “I Should Be Dead: My Life Surviving Politics, TV, and Addiction.” Bob Beckel’s visit gave his audience a unique opportunity to hear from a Wagner alumnus who has been directly involved in some of […]
 
November 11, 2015
On Wednesday, Nov. 11, 2015, Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform held its Fall 2015 program, the Al and Frances Hochman Memorial Lecture, which featured good-government advocates SUSAN LERNER and DICK DADEY speaking on the topic, “Albany’s Year of Shame: What Have We Learned and Where do We Go?”, a conversation about […]
 
November 5, 2014
On Wednesday, Nov. 5, 2014, Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform took a look back at the results of Tuesday’s midterm elections with a panel of eminent political reporters — ROSS BARKAN (New York Observer), JON LENTZ (City & State), AZI PAYBARAH(CapitalNewYork.com) and RICHARD STEIER (The Chief-Leader) — moderated by former New […]
 
March 13, 2014
On March 13, 2014, Legislative Director BLAIR HORNER of the New York Public Interest Research Group, spoke to Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform on the topic, “The Moreland Commission on Public Corruption and the Possibility for Reform in New York State.”
 
October 2, 2013
On Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2013, Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform welcomed MAURICE “MICKEY” CARROLL, director of the Quinnipiac University Polling Institute, who delivered a lecture on “Why Polling is Important.”
 
April 23, 2013
Many people think of Staten Island, one of the five boroughs of New York City, as being mostly white and mostly native-born — but the fact is that, in 2010, more than 20% of the population of Staten Island was foreign-born. That was just one of the surprising details presented on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 […]
 
September 11, 2012
On Tuesday, Sept. 11, 2012, Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform welcomed the Hon. MILTON MOLLEN for an address on the subject of “The Major Impact of New York Governor Hugh L. Carey on the State Judicial System.” The former presiding justice of the New York State Supreme Court’s Appellate Division, Second […]
 
April 23, 2012
On April 23, 2012, Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government held its ANNUAL FUNDRAISING RECEPTION in the home of Steve Aiello. Carey Institute Director Seymour Lachman introduced Wagner College President Richard Guarasci, followed by keynote speaker Richard Ravitch, former New York State lieutenant governor under Gov. David A. Paterson.
 
March 21, 2012
On Wednesday, March 21, 2012, Wagner College’s Hugh L. Carey Institute for Government Reform welcomed MANFRED OHRENSTEIN, former minority leader of the New York state senate, for a lecture entitled, “How to Make Politically Divided Government Work.” The senator described the bipartisan collaboration between Democratic Governor Hugh L. Carey and a politically divided Legislature that […]