Fact-Based Public Investment
New York’s runaway corporate welfare programs spend $10 billion a year despite mountains of evidence they are ineffective, wasteful and vulnerable to corruption.

To see our positions on bills that fall under this issue area, please see our chart of Reinvent Albany State Bill Memos.

In the News
Sensible Public Investment

November 26, 2024 State Senate Hearing Examines Business Subsidies and Entertainment Credits ABC News November 26, 2024 State Senate Hearing Examines Business Subsidies and Entertainment Credits Binghamton Homepage November 25, 2024 A Call for ‘Top to Bottom’ Audit of OTB Lockport Journal November 25, 2024 A Call for ‘Top to Bottom’ Audit of OTB Investigative Post
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From the Blog
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December 19, 2024 Subsidy Sheet: Fighting to end corporate welfare in 2025 Read more December 16, 2024 Hochul’s Reasons for Vetoing Comptroller’s Contract Transparency Bill Are Ridiculous Read more December 13, 2024 Subsidy Sheet: State inaction on Trump Opportunity Zones will cost NY $424 million a year Read more December 6, 2024 Subsidy Sheet: Hochul overhypes Micron again with false $100 billion claim Read more
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Reports and Policy Briefs
Sensible Public Investment

May 2024 Upstate Law Firms Reap Undisclosed Millions from IDA Deals that Cost Public Billions Read more April 2024 IDAs Have Perverse Incentive to Give Away Tax Dollars Read more July 2023 “Open ESD” Report Recommends Major Reforms for Secretive State Authority Read more April 2023 New Report Shows Buying Influence Works Read more
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