Updated June 8, 2026 Reinvent Albany is closely tracking developments regarding Amtrak’s proposed “New York Penn Transformation” project. To aid advocates, stakeholders, and journalists who are monitoring and assessing the project, we have compiled a list of resources in four categories, including: Project Timeline According to Amtrak’s website for the project, the project timeline is […]

Testimony to the New York City Conflicts of Interest Board (COIB) on Proposed Rules Regarding Reporting of Travel PaymentsRe: Third-party travel payments should be banned; Disclosures show gifts of at least $215K to electeds, $186K to city agencies for travel   June 23, 2026   Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony for this […]

Testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation

Editorial originally posted in The Daily Gazette Have you ever sent someone a text message to find out if they’re getting your text messages? Sometimes you send the “test” to find out if there’s something wrong with their text messaging. Other times, you do it to send that person a message that they’re not returning […]

Re: Request to all NYS Executive Agencies for Freedom of Information Law (FOIL) logs