Senate and Assembly May Be Adapting to Short “Regular” Sessions   In response to questions by the news media, Reinvent Albany has collated the number of bills passed by the Legislature by May 15 in each legislative session since 2016. The data suggests that despite the very late state budget, the Legislature is passing bills […]

MEMO OF SUPPORT   S9182-A (May) / A10852-A (Kelles) Stop Subsidizing Data Centers Act   TITLE OF BILLStop Subsidizing Data Centers Act. STATEMENT OF SUPPORTReinvent Albany strongly supports this bill because there is no reason data centers should be receiving public money or low-cost power. Governor Hochul has said that data centers should pay their […]

Three reissues and one new memo of opposition.

PCFB must respect the judge’s decision and act in a way that gives the public confidence it is promoting fair elections Today, a NYS Supreme Court justice ruled that the State Board of Election’s Public Campaign Finance Board (PCFB) must give GOP candidate for governor Bruce Blakeman one week to file the proper form to […]