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
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November 13, 2023 State Still Spending Money on Tesla Factory Investigative Post
November 12, 2023 Monday Morning Read: Corporate Subsidies Investigative Post
November 9, 2023 ‘They’re Owned by a Rich Guy’: Buffalo Bisons Seek State Funding for Sahlen Field Renovations WKBW ABC 7
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From the Blog
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December 4, 2023 Watchdog Supports Bills Ending Corporate Giveaways
November 17, 2023 Subsidy Sheet: NY Tech Subsidy Fiasco – $4m/job Plug Power Collapse, Failed Tesla Plant Still at Trough
November 14, 2023 Reinvent Albany Supports Bill Prohibiting Conflicts of Interest at IDAs
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Reports and Policy Briefs
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July 2023 “Open ESD” Report Recommends Major Reforms for Secretive State Authority
April 2023 New Report Shows Buying Influence Works
March 2023 Major Studies Show Film and TV Tax Credit Programs Create Little Payoff
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