Projects in progress include enhancements to the electrical and data access in the Library, digital signage to replace a dilapidated sign at the front entrance; and, perhaps most exciting, a pilot project to test a new swipe security system similar to that used at Baruch College at the Library’s entrance. Library will open at 7:00 a.m. On October 19 and remain open continuously until 11:59 p.m. On October 27. The same rules that we apply during extended hours for final exams will also apply in this case. After midnight access to the library will be restricted to Baruch College students. The Technology Enhancement Centers (TECs) are available to all students of New York City College of Technology. Voorhees 217 has hybrid computer/drafting tables and high-end Macs. The General 600 lab is a PC lab, and there is a separate, fully equipped Mac lab adjacent to General 600 (General 608).
A Municipal Assistance Corporation (MAC) was an independent New York State public-benefit corporation created by the State of New York for purposes of providing financing assistance and fiscal oversight of a fiscally-distressed city. Two MACs are explicitly designated under New York law.
Best known is the MAC for New York City, created in response to the city's fiscal crisis of the mid-1970s. The corporation was born of a recommendation made by a special panel composed of Simon H. Rifkind, Felix G. Rohatyn, Richard M. Shinn and Donald B. Smiley.[1] The majority of appointees to the corporation’s board were made by the Governor, initially by New York Governor Hugh Carey. As part of the creation of MAC, the state passed legislation that converted the city’s sales and stock transfer taxes into state taxes.[2] In 2008, having sold almost $10 billion in bonds to keep the city solvent through its worst fiscal crisis, MAC settled its final accounts and voted itself out of existence.[3]
The other MAC was created on July 19, 1995 for the City of Troy.[4] In 2017, MAC of for the City of Troy had operating expenses of $50,000, an outstanding debt of $24.45 million, and no reported staff members.[5]
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- ^Lucia Capodilupo (April 2002). 'MUNICIPAL ASSISTANCE CORPORATION FOR THE CITY OF NEW YORK (MAC)'. William and Anita Newman Library and Baruch College, City University of New York. Archived from the original on 2010-06-12. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ^Roger Dunstan (March 1, 1995). 'Overview of New York City's Fiscal Crisis'(PDF). California Research Bureau, California State Library. Archived from the original(PDF) on February 24, 2018. Retrieved 2017-12-19.
- ^Adam Lisberg (Sep 27, 2008). 'Municipal Assistance Corp., New York's 1975 savior, says 'see ya''. New York Daily News. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ^'Municipal Assistance Corporation (MAC)'. Troy, New York. Archived from the original on 2012-02-12. Retrieved 2011-01-20.
- ^'NYSABO 2018 Report'(PDF). pp. 16, 29, 44. Retrieved November 6, 2018.
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Baruch College Library Macs Program
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