January 8, 2026 The Honorable Kathy HochulGovernor of New York State Re: Make MTA’s SCOUT program permanent, and expand it to 20 teams in your FY 2026-2027 State Budget Dear Governor Hochul,  We write to express our enthusiastic support for the MTA’s successful Subway Co-Response Outreach Teams (SCOUT) program, and ask you to make SCOUT […]

New guidance from the NY Department of State confirms that the state’s LLC Transparency Act now requires only foreign registered LLCs to disclose their beneficial owners – and only .04% of LLCs in the U.S. are foreign   In December 2025, Governor Hochul vetoed a bill amending the NY LLC Transparency Act so it no […]

We hope Mayor Mamdani and his team will have more to say about fighting corruption and making NYC government more accountable to the people. Yet, there are dozens of things he can theoretically do to improve transparency, curb corruption, and reduce the ability of big money to buy NYC elections. Here are ten that Reinvent […]

Mamdani Order Changing Mayor’s Advisory Committee on the Judiciary Makes Progress on Two Essential Reforms   Groups welcome increases in transparency and professional diversity, but call on new mayor to further open the selection process, strengthen ethics and recusal policies   Scrutinize and Reinvent Albany thank Mayor Zohran Mamdani for including important new transparency, professional […]