Last week, we detailed the $4.4 billion in new tax credits that NYS is likely to approve as part of the budget in the next couple of weeks. In today’s edition, we’ll explore just what those handouts are costing. When we give Disney millions of dollars for The Lion King on Broadway, what do we […]

Watchdog Urges Senate to Follow Suit   Reinvent Albany thanks the New York State Assembly for leading on two bills strengthening the state’s Freedom of Information Law. We urge the Senate to pass both of these bills quickly and help persuade the Governor to sign them.  We and 18 watchdog, transparency, and journalism groups also […]

As part of our advocacy for open, accountable New York State government, Reinvent Albany published and reissued memos of support for the following bills: We urge the Legislature to pass these bills, and the Governor to sign them.

Op-ed originally posted in Crain’s New York Businessby Rachael Fauss, Senior Policy Advisor The clock is ticking towards the state’s April 1st budget deadline, and the Governor and State Legislature have (so far) failed to fund the $35 billion gap in the MTA’s $68 billion 2025-2029 capital plan. This dangerous game of political chicken doesn’t […]