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From the Blog

June 22, 2026 Reinvent Albany Testimony on NYC Council Bills Regulating AI and Prediction Markets Read more June 4, 2026 Support for Five Bills, Opposition to Two Read more June 2, 2026 NY Exploits National Partisanship to Restore State Legislative Gerrymandering Read more Support for Nine Bills Strengthening NYS Government Read more
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In the News

June 24, 2026 How Just 7% of Voters, Mostly Young and White, Led Mamdani’s NYC Socialist Election Surge New York Post June 22, 2026 Reinvent Albany Urges Tighter Rules on AI and Prediction Markets in New York City Noah News June 20, 2026 Secret $850K Cash Bomb Rocks Queens Senate Showdown Hoodline June 18, 2026 Will Penn Station’s Much-Needed Makeover Boost Commuters – or Trump? The Guardian
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Reports and Fact Sheets

December 2025 Transparency Gap: NY Senate Confirmation Votes Kept Behind Two Layers of Obstacles Read more October 2025 Backdoor to the Bench: NY’s Constitutional Cap on Supreme Court Spawns Dysfunction Read more February 2025 Mayoral Succession and Potential Special Election Read more April 2023 New Report Shows Buying Influence Works Read more
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Memo Tracker

Assembly BillSenate BillRA PositionStatusDescription (Links to Memo)
A3649-B (Taylor)S1356-A (Skoufis)

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Signed by GovernorAuthorizes NY to share voter roll data with other states
A1228 (Seawright)S1035 (Myrie)

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In CommitteeMandates training for NY local elections commissioners and key staff
A6069 (Hunter)S843 (May)

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In CommitteeEstablishes minimum staffing levels for local boards of elections
A5056 (Jacobson)S1087 (Mayer)

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Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeMakes local elections commissioners full-time employees of their boards
A4881 (Heastie)S4588 (Stewart-Cousins)

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In CommitteeUndermines New Yorkers’ right to representation by consolidating special and general elections
A6233 (Carroll R)S7883 (Salazar)

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In CommitteeCloses loophole allowing LLCs and corporate entities to be used to exceed state limits on campaign contributions
A3665 (Simone)S590 (Krueger)

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Vetoed by GovernorEnds dominance of mayoral charter commissions
A2653 (Shrestha)S7858 (Salazar)

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In CommitteeEnds automatic approval of some gubernatorial appointees
A3929-B (Dinowitz)S2437-A (Krueger)

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Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeRequires “paid for by” disclosures by influencers supporting campaigns
A6287 (Cunningham)S7116 (Cleare)

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In CommitteeVoting Integrity and Verification Act of New York (VIVA NY)
A7289 (Pretlow)S2050 (Webb)

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Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeIncreases election commissioner terms from two to four years
A7450 (Levenberg)S2541 (Myrie)

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In CommitteeRequires images of cast vote records be made publicly available
A2635 (Cunningham)S4364 (Comrie)

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In CommitteeRequires better notice to voters who are purged or put on inactive status
A2162 (Carroll)S5751 (Gianaris)

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In CommitteeAmends NYS Constitution to allow same-day voter registration
A1101-A (Bores)

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In Assembly CommitteeThe Uncap Justice Act
A3305 (Bores)S8192 (Cleare)

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In Assembly CommitteeThe Timely Justice Act
A10097 (Solages)S8445 (Fahy)

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In Senate CommitteeRequires disclosure of contributors in independent expenditure communications
A3788 (Dinowitz)

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In Assembly CommitteeRequires legislators to resign from office immediately if they move out of district
A6598 (Rozic)S3232 (Bailey)

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In Assembly Committee, In Senate CommitteeAllows 17-year-olds to vote in primary election if they are 18 years old at time of general election
A10947 (Walker)S5452 (Comrie)

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Passed Senate, In Assembly CommitteeRequires local election commissioners to meet professional qualifications
A10330 (Dinowitz) S9285 (Bailey)

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In Senate Committee, In Assembly CommitteeEstablishes grant program for nonprofit news outlets
A11557 (Walker) S10639 (Gianaris)

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In Senate CommitteeAn act to amend the election law, in relation to the form of submission and abstract for proposed amendments to the constitution.