New Report Finds Fewer Than Half of NY’s Largest Local Ethics Boards Are FunctionalOnly 20 of 45 local ethics boards operational; eight have no website, and just two publish electeds’ financial disclosure statements online   A new report by Reinvent Albany finds that while nearly all of New York’s largest local governments have ethics boards […]

Testimony to the New York City Council Committee on Governmental Operations, State & Federal Legislation Re: City Council Should Require Paid Influencer Disclosures and Ensure City Electronic Messaging Complies With FOIL and Records Laws   Thank you for the opportunity to provide testimony. My name is Rachael Fauss, and I am a Senior Policy Advisor […]

Statement on Two Issues: City of New York’s Use of Paid/Unpaid Social Media Influencers; City Officials Using Signal to Communicate with the Public   In response to questions from elected officials, journalists, and other stakeholder groups, Reinvent Albany is publishing this statement summarizing our position on two separate policy issues involving government accountability and transparency that […]

Reinvent Albany strongly supports many of the New York City Campaign Finance Board’s proposed improvements to campaign finance law. We thank CFB for meeting with us and other stakeholders while preparing recommendations for the post-election report. We urge the City Council to pass legislation based on CFB’s recommendations and the other critical anti-corruption measures we […]