Labor, Good Government, Faith, and Community Groups Urge Support for Reforming Industrial Development Agencies (IDAs) Before the End of Session:Reforms are Long Overdue and Can No Longer Wait!   New York’s IDAs are losing their way. There is broad recognition that these unelected, appointed agencies wield enormous power with far too little oversight while giving […]

Memo of opposition to S4117-B (Scarcella-Spanton) / A2074-C (Berger).

Three new memos, two reissues.

If Mayor Mamdani Wants Government to Work Better for the People, His Commission Must Strengthen NYC Anti-Corruption Watchdogs The happiest, highest-achieving, most socially equitable countries are the least corrupt   We welcome Mayor Mamdani’s new Charter Revision Commission, the Commission on Government Efficiency (COGE). Despite the proliferation of charter commissions in recent years, New York […]