OCL past studies
2007-How Inequality Makes Us Sick: The Growing Disparities in Health and Health Care
Chair: Betty DeFazio
President: Elaine Walter
- Study Report (pdf)
- Appendices
2006-Leveraging Better Outcomes for Downtown
Chairs: Joseph Ash, Douglas Sutherland
President: Larry Bousquet
- Study
Report (pdf)
-
Appendices
2005 - Strategic Government Consolidation
Chair: Larry Bousquet
President: Sarah Merrick
- Study
Report (pdf)
- Appendices
2004
- Disappearing Democracy: A Report on Political Participation
in Onondaga County (pdf)
Chair: Steven Kulick
President: Fred Fiske
2003 - Mental Health
Services (pdf)
Chair: Jinx Crouch
President: Carol Wixson
2002 - The
State of the Arts (pdf)
Chair: Fred Fiske
President: Carol Wixson
- Appendices
2001 - Civic Leadership
For Community Transformation (doc)
Chairs: Melissa Hall, Judith Mower
President: David Shomar
2000 - Housing & Neighborhoods:
Tools for Change (doc)
Chairs: Russ Andrews, Jack McCrae, Joanne Reddick
President: Elizabeth Rougeux
1999 - Successful Economic
Models: Lessons for Central New York
Chairs: Shiu-Kai Chin, Susan Crosset, N. Thomas Letham
President: Richard Crockett
- Study Report (pdf)
1998 - Onondaga County School Systems
Challenges, Roads and Visions for the Future
Co-Chairs: Bethaida González, Dr. Patricia Schmidt
President: Richard Crockett
1997 - Security Check: Personal Perceptions
of Safety & Security (pdf)
Chairs: Michael Freedman, Corinthia Emanuel
President: Margaret Ogden
1996
- Building a Non-Violent Community: Successful Strategies for
Youth
Chairs: Carol Cowles, Jesse Dowdell, Paula Freedman
President: Margaret Ogden
- Study Report (pdf)
1995
- Reinvesting in the Community: Opportunities for Economic Development
Chairs: Mike Atkins, Donald MacLaughlin, Marcene Sonneborn
President: Patrick Mannion
- Study Report (pdf)
1994
- The Delivery of Human Services: Opportunities for Improvement -
Chairs: Robert McAuliffe, Janet Starr, Phillip Trainor
President: Patrick Mannion
- Study Report (pdf)
1993- The Criminal Justice System
in Onondaga County: How Well Is It Working? (pdf)
Chairs: James Introne, Tom Letham, Catherine Richardson
President: Darlene Kerr
1992
- Town and Village Governments: Opportunities for Cost-Effective
Changes
Chairs: Carol Dwyer, Tom Letham, Helen Zych
President: Darlene Kerr
- Study Report (pdf)
1991
- Schools that Work: Models in Education that Can be Used in Onondaga
County
Chairs: Georgette Cowans, Gary Grossman, Gerald Grant
President: Helen Anderson
- Study Report (pdf)
1990
- Syracuse Area Workforce of the Future: How Do We Prepare?
Chairs: Anne Messenger, Patrick Mannion, James Murphy
President: Eleanor Shopiro
- Study Report (pdf)
1989 - Poverty and Its Social
Costs: Are There Long-Term Solutions? (pdf)
Chairs: Darlene Kerr, Marilyn Higgins, Michael Freedman
President: Eleanor Shopiro
1988
- The Role of the Food Industry in the Economy of Onondaga County
Chair: Kay Benedict
President: Eleanor Shopiro
- Study Report (pdf)
1987 - Blueprints for the Future: Recommendations
for the Year 2000 (pdf)
Chairs: Helen Anderson, Robert McAuliffe, Eleanor Shopiro
President: John Kramer
1985
- The City and County Charters: Time for Revision?
Chair: Thomas J. Maroney
President: Robert Hennigan
- Study Report (pdf)
1984
- Police Services in Onondaga County: A Review and Recommendations
Chair: John Kramer
President: Jean Reeve
- Study Report (pdf)
1983
- Onondaga County Public Works Infrastructure: Status, Funding,
and Responsibilities
Chair: Samuel Clemence
President: Jean Reeve
- Study Report (pdf)
1982
- Declining School Enrollment: Opportunities for Cooperative Adaptations
Chair: Margaret Charters
President: Jean Reeve
- Study Report (pdf)
1981
- The County Legislature: Its Function, Size, and Structure
Chairs: Elma Boyko, Helen Zych
President: Jean Reeve
- Study Report (pdf)
1980
- Young People in Trouble: Can Our Services be Organized and Delivered
More Effectively?
Chair: Jean Reeve
President: Lee Smith
- Study Report (pdf)
- Study Flowcharts (pdf)
1979
- Equality and Fairness in Property Assessment
Chairs: Margaret Charters, John Searles
President: Lee Smith
- Study Report (pdf)