New Tracker Shows How State Agencies Have Responded to Basic Freedom of Information Requests We Made Three Months Ago   In June 2026, Reinvent Albany and the Cornell Law School First Amendment Clinic sent a Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) request to all 72 NYS Executive Agencies that sent Governor Hochul a Transparency Plan in […]

Op-Ed originally posted in the New York Daily Newsby Rachael Fauss, Senior Policy Advisor Thanks to the state Freedom of Information Law, we at Reinvent Albany got a copy of the Penn Station “collaboration agreement” Amtrak has been pushing the MTA to sign. As lifelong NYC transit advocates, we are intensely interested in President Trump’s […]

September 15, 2026 Shawn(ta) Smith-CruzCommissionerDepartment of Records and Information Services RE: Public Release of OpenRecords Law Implementation Report, and Keeping OpenRecords Open Source Dear Commissioner Smith-Cruz, We write to ask you for a status update regarding the implementation report required by Local Law 199 of 2025, which codifies and expands the OpenRecords portal. The implementation […]

Reinvent Albany Written Public Comment NYS Department of Public Service Proceeding on Case No. 26-E-0335:Motion of the Commission to Implement a Nuclear Reliability Backbone Submitted via Email Secretary@dps.ny.gov Reinvent Albany advocates for transparent and accountable government and sensible public investment in New York. We write today to comment on Governor Hochul’s intention to invest tens […]