Polluting Buses Gaming NYC OATH Hearing Process to Avoid Millions in Idling FinesOne Scofflaw Company Ducked at Least $900k in Idling Violations   IntroductionThis analysis is part of Reinvent Albany’s new Encouraging Government Innovation project. We are initially getting behind three innovative programs and policies across the State that we believe other parts of government […]

New Report: NY Watchdog Agencies Deprived of Independence, Resources, Authority to Stem Waste, Misconduct, and CorruptionNY’s Complex Menagerie of State and Local Government Entities Is Monitored by Fragmented, Politically Vulnerable Collection of Oversight Agencies Undermined by Structural Obstacles   As covered by Dan Clark at Times Union, a new report released today by Reinvent Albany […]

New York State Taxpayers Paid Hollywood Film/TV Producers $1.2 Billion in Subsidy Payments in 2025 ESDC Report Shows Q4 Reimbursable Tax Credits of $308 million   According to data published by the Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), New York State taxpayers paid Hollywood producers a record $1.2 billion in 2025. In the fourth quarter alone, […]

Reinvent Albany looked at how the 50 biggest cities in the United States select their mayors. As expected, we saw that municipal elections in the United States are very different than those for federal or state offices. Americans do not vote for mayor in the same way they do for governor or president. However, we […]