New York State Taxpayers Paid Hollywood Film/TV Producers $1.2 Billion in Subsidy Payments in 2025 ESDC Report Shows Q4 Reimbursable Tax Credits of $308 million   According to data published by the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), New York State taxpayers paid Hollywood producers a record $1.2 billion in 2025. In the fourth quarter alone, […]

Reinvent Albany looked at how the 50 biggest cities in the United States select their mayors. As expected, we saw that municipal elections in the United States are very different than those for federal or state offices. Americans do not vote for mayor in the same way they do for governor or president. However, we […]

Statement on the Proposed Final Recommendations of the 2026 NYC Charter Revision Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE)    In response to questions from journalists and other stakeholder groups, Reinvent Albany has prepared these comments on the proposed final recommendations of the 2026 NYC Charter Revision Commission or Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE). As of writing this […]

Reinvent Albany Cheers Governor Hochul’s Commitment to Ban IDAs from Waiving Sales Taxes for Data Centers Reinvent Albany is encouraged to see that Governor Hochul wants to work with the Legislature next session on legislation that would eliminate sales tax abatements to data centers, as reported in Politico. Reinvent Albany supports S9182-A (May) / A10852-A […]