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August 26, 2025
Letter
Groups Request Briefing on Delay of Public Reporting System Overhaul

VIA EMAIL August 25, 2025 Board of Elections Public Campaign Finance Board Re: Request for briefing on delay of Public Reporting System overhaul Dear Board of Elections and Public Campaign Finance Board, We write today to request a detailed briefing on the status of the rollout of technology upgrades of the campaign finance software and […]

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August 25, 2025
LetterTestimony
Fair Fares Amendment Doesn’t Make Fares Fair for Enough New Yorkers

August 25, 2025 Human Resources Administration (HRA) Rules c/o Office of Legal Affairs 150 Greenwich Street, 38th Floor New York, NY 10007  Re: Fair Fares amendment doesn’t make fares fair for enough New Yorkers To whom it may concern: Reinvent Albany writes to express our support for a much greater increase in the eligibility threshold of the Fair […]

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August 19, 2025
Press ReleaseStatement
Rights groups file complaint against U.S. attorney who retaliated against the press

Any serious journalist would tell you that it’d be journalistic malpractice for a local journalist not to report that a prominent public official listed a boarded-up house as his official residence in order to claim eligibility for his position. But that’s not how John Sarcone III, acting U.S. attorney for the Northern District of New […]

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August 15, 2025
Subsidy Sheet
Subsidy Sheet: Expanded Trump OZ Tax Breaks for Investors Unlikely to Help Rural New Yorkers

Despite accelerated partial tax breaks for rural Opportunity Zones, developers will likely wait for more valuable 100% tax breaks on urban projects

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