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Watchdog Commends New Online State Agency FOIL Form Governor’s Promised Steps to Reduce FOIL Delays

June 26, 2018

Statement on Governor Cuomo’s Open FOIL NY Watchdog Commends New Online State Agency FOIL Form Governor’s Promised Steps to Reduce FOIL Delays “We support Governor Cuomo’s new online request form and the announcement that the NYS Department of Information Technology will give FOIL processing software to all agencies, and work to get more information and […]

After Guilty Verdicts in Upstate Bid Rigging Trial, Watchdogs Warn of Continuing Risk of Abuse of State Economic Development Programs

Watchdog Commends New Online State Agency FOIL Form Governor’s Promised Steps to Reduce FOIL Delays

Editorial Boards Across New York Call for Passage of Database of Deals and Comptroller’s Procurement Integrity Act

Widespread Support for Database of Deals, Procurement Integrity Act but Heastie Blocks Vote

Outside of Federal Corruption Trial, Watchdogs Flag Ongoing Corruption Risk, Call for Assembly Vote on Database of Deals and Procurement Integrity Act

Reinvent Albany Calls for Lower Contribution Limits, Eliminating the Public Match Cap, and Increasing the Public Matching Rate at Charter Revision Commission Campaign Finance Issue Forum

Progressive and Good Government Watchdogs Call on Speaker Heastie to Allow Vote on Database of Deals and Procurement Integrity Act

Twenty Groups, including Budget and Govt Watchdogs and Progressive Organizations, Issue Memo of Support for Database Deals, Procurement Integrity Act

Analysis of Governor’s Press Releases Shows Costs to Public for Business Subsidy Deals Varies Wildly

Watchdog Groups Oppose Proposed City Council FOIL Bill Giving Journalists Priority Over Public

Watchdog Groups Applaud Senate For Passing Major Economic Development Reforms

Reinvent Albany Recommends Campaign Finance and Voting Reforms to NYC Charter Revision Commission