Established in 1965, the Connecticut Health and Educational Facilities Authority has earned its title as the oldest quasi-public agency in our state. Now, it’s one of eleven quasi-public entities in Connecticut, agencies like Connecticut Innovations, Inc.; the Connecticut Development Authority; the Connecticut Lottery Corporation; and the Connecticut Resources Recovery Authority -- to name a few.
But what does it mean to be quasi-public? How did these agencies come about? And how do they differ from private and public entities? On Where We Live, our conversation takes us through the complexities of the quasi-public to help us better understand this gray area of our government.
GUESTS:
- Kevin Lembo, Connecticut's State Comptroller
- Gail Radford, Associate Professor of History at the University of Buffalo, and author of The Rise of the Public Authority: Statebuilding and Economic Development in Twentieth-Century America
- Claire Leonardi, CEO of Connecticut Innovations, Inc.
- Abe Scarr, Director of the Connecticut Public Interest Research Group (ConnPIRG)
