A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month.

The CUNY system educates hundreds of thousands of New Yorkers a year and serving as a major social economic engine for the city. Managing the budgets of its 26 colleges is, thus, complex. ISLG’s Financial Planning Fellowship for Higher Education gives CUNY college leaders to the tools to balance budgets while advancing academic innovation.

Last year, around 2,000 people entered and were released from NYC’s jails every month. Tens of thousands more were redirected to community programs. The breadth of these systems ask: How do public systems and services ensure responses to crime hold people accountable, without adding to cycles of incarceration? Restorative justice has been used to find these answers.

A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month.

Our Public Policy Pathways Internship gives CUNY students hands-on experience in the public sector, developing career pathways into research, policy, data science, and government operations, as well as professional development. Meet the latest cohort.

Over the last several months, these chiefs of staff, deputy chiefs, legislative directors, and other office leaders engaged in discussions with policy experts, network, and built the skills to support them in their current roles and their future journeys in public service. 

A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month.

In theory, AI has incredible potential to help government and nonprofit entities improve the efficiency and quality of services. In practice, it also comes with questions and risks. CUNY ISLG is committed to understanding and using these tools responsibly and effectively, and has joined two initiatives to strengthen our ability to do so.

A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month.