As part of our advocacy for open, accountable NY government, Reinvent Albany issued a memo of support for the following bill: We also reissued a memo of support for: We urge the Legislature to pass these bills.

Joint Testimony to the NYC Council for Preliminary Budget Hearing – Governmental OperationsModest $255,000 investment by DORIS in OpenRecords portal improvements required by Local Law 199 of 2025 will encourage better NYC Freedom of Information Law performance   March 13, 2026   Thank you for the opportunity to provide written testimony on the preliminary budget […]

Practical Steps New York Can Take Now to Boost the Transparency of Our State and Local Governments   Ahead of Sunshine Week – a national celebration of the importance of public records and open government – Reinvent Albany offers these immediate, practical steps the Governor, Legislature, and Judiciary can take to increase the transparency of […]

Big Picture  New York State continues to reel from large reductions in federal aid, including to New York’s Medicaid Essential Plan that could leave close to 400,000 New Yorkers without health care, resulting in a doubling of people without health insurance from 5% to 10%. Oddly, neither the Governor nor the Legislature address this massive […]