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Cost–Saving and Cost–Containment Strategies for New York State’s Local Governments

Publication year: 2009 | Cataloged on: Jun. 01, 2012

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Thumbnail preview ANNOTATION: “This report provides a number of ideas and explains efforts undertaken by various municipal officials or identified through audits conducted by OSC [Office of the State Comptroller] that are applicable to most local governments, and that address costs that are under local control” (p. 1). Three areas are highlighted: health care, energy, and jails. In particular, jail-related expenditures have been reduced by cook-chill food preparation, telemedicine, and alternative incarceration. The report ends with briefly looking at revenue enhancers and purchasing.
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