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Reinvent Albany in Council Testimony: Use Open Data to Measure Completion of Agency Reports; Webcast Debates

April 26, 2018

Reinvent Albany at Council Hearing Calls for Using Open Data to Measure Completion of Agency Required Reports Also Supports Mandating Webcasting of Candidate Debates Reinvent Albany testified today the City Council should create a simple online dataset to measure whether agencies are completing the hundreds of reports required by city’s laws. The Council is considering […]

Charter Revision Should Limit, Disclose Contributions to City Nonprofits

April 25, 2018

Reinvent Albany Asks Charter Revision Commission to Better Disclose and Limit Contributions to City-Affiliated Nonprofits by Donors Doing Business with the City Recommends Commission Phase in Campaign Finance Reform Because of Unprecedented 2021 Election Activity Due to Term Limits Reinvent Albany delivered testimony to the mayor-convened New York City Charter Revision Commission this evening, calling […]

Groups Support 2018 Transit “Lockbox” Bill: A.8511 /S.6807

April 24, 2018

Since 2011, Reinvent Albany and numerous advocacy, business and labor organizations have supported a series of “lockbox” bills that would make it more difficult for the governor to divert funds dedicated to public transit to the General Fund or other purposes. This 2018 bill is identical to a bill vetoed by the governor in 2013. […]