06/08/2026
Approximately 50k students graduated across CUNY’s 26 campuses this May. Thousands of future leaders, scientists, writers, lawyers, artists, researchers, entrepreneurs, educators, and more entered the workforce, becoming part of the economic engine that is the country’s largest urban public university.
As a proud part of that system, ISLG had a few celebrations ourselves this past month. We graduated the latest cohort of the Kriegel Fellowship for Public Service Leaders, our professional development program for state and local political office leaders. We also welcomed our new group of Public Policy Pathways Interns, helping build the next generation of CUNY student graduates and leaders.
Meet them all, and learn more about what we did last month, in May's Institute Intelligence. 📰
https://buff.ly/uCEAG72
Institute Intelligence, May 2026: Building capacity to support immigrants, Welcoming our new CUNY interns — CUNY Institute for State & Local Governance (ISLG)
A snapshot of the work we’ve done this past month.
04/17/2026
Community services that make a real impact often have one thing in common: they’re developed with input from those communities. Funders and providers have increasingly embraced this principle in the past decade. The Criminal Justice Investment Initiative is a prime example.
CJII’s strategic plan was shaped by more than 200 interviews with community advocates and other stakeholders across NYC. In its decade of implementation, grantees embodied this commitment by hiring staff with lived experience, designing program and engagement models with participants, and including communities in research projects.
Read more about how program staff, researchers, and funders integrated community and participant voices, as well as other briefs on data, trauma-informed services, and more.
https://buff.ly/spy3ktE
03/27/2026
“Nobody gives you a handbook and says, ‘this is how you should be chief of staff for this office.’ Each district has different needs and different personalities. But every office is ultimately accountable to the voters.”
From intern to legislative director to now chief of staff, Jacob Sherretts has worn many hats in state government. Now working with Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter - 128th District, he described his role as "a focal point, because everybody else on the team is specializing. The chief of staff is the one that needs to bring that all together and make sure it's heading in the right direction.
See the full conversation about getting involved in the legislative process, how different offices approach challenges, and why being a Kriegel Fellow has helped put it all into context. https://islg.cuny.edu/blog/fellowship-qa-jacob-sherretts?utm_source=socialmedia&utm_medium=posts&utm_campaign=kriegel
