Support for Seven Bills Strengthening NYS Government

April 24, 2026

As part of our advocacy for open, accountable NY government, Reinvent Albany issued memos of support for the following bills:

We also reissued memos of support for the following bills:

  • S9739 (Kavanagh) / A2321 (McDonald) – Requires agencies to submit FOIL logs to the Committee on Open Government. This memo is signed by 15 groups. The bill was re-introduced in the Senate by Senator Kavanagh. The Assembly has passed the bill – we urge the Senate to do the same.
  • A1410 (Rosenthal L) / S9777 (Sepúlveda) – Limits commercial FOIL exemption. This memo is signed by seven groups. The bill was re-introduced in the Senate by Senator Sepúlveda. The Assembly has passed the bill – we urge the Senate to do the same, as it has in previous sessions.
  • S5171 (Skoufis) / A5261 (Solages) – Relates to preventing the use of funds, financial incentives, subsidies or tax exemptions for projects with non-public occupants.
  • S5452 (Comrie) / A10947 (Walker) – Requires local election commissioners to meet professional qualifications. This bill was introduced in the Assembly by AM Walker.
  • S9557 (Mayer) / A9559 (Rajkumar) – Requires lobbyists to report support for or opposition to legislation.This bill was introduced in the Senate by Senator Mayer.

We urge the Legislature to pass these bills.

For the full list of bills that Reinvent Albany supports or opposes, please visit the State Bill Memo Tracker on our website.