June 2024
The MTA Is Big Business in the Tri-State Region
100,000 New York Jobs at Risk from Cancellation of Congestion Pricing
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May 2024
Agency Transparency Plans All Fizzle, No Sizzle
Our report reviewed 66 transparency plans by NYS agencies to Gov. Hochul in Q1 2024, finding them incomplete and underwhelming.
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March 2024
Listening to FOIL 2024: Lessons from Six NYS Agencies
Our new report looks at the open records requests made per the Freedom of Information Law to six agencies of NYS government.
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November 2023
“Open Criminal Courts” Report Finds At Most 6% of NY Criminal Court Decisions Published
The report calls for criminal court decisions to be published to improve transparency and public accountability.
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July 2023
“Open ESD” Report Recommends Major Reforms for Secretive State Authority
Report includes 35 specific actions to improve Empire State Development’s transparency, governance, oversight, and ethics.
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June 2023
NJ Businesses Earned $3.3B from MTA Contracts from 2014-2022
MTA is big business for NJ, with $3.3B paid to NJ companies over last 9 years.
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March 2023
Lump Sum Warning Report Finds $14.8B Waste/Corruption-Prone Pots of Money in Budget
Reinvent Albany and Citizens Budget Commission released a joint report finding $14.8B in proposed lump sum pots in Gov Hochul’s Executive Budget
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January 2023
State Still Keeping Nine Big Secrets About Vornado/Penn Station Deal
ESD and the Hochul administration continue to hide basic information about the Penn Station redevelopment project. We call on them to be fully transparent with the public and release this critical information.
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December 2022
Skipping Out: NYS Not Making $375 Million/Year in Payments Promised to MTA
By ending budget scams, Gov. Hochul can immediately restore $375 million in MTA funds from the 18-b program and PMT replacement funds.
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November 2022
Ridership Down: The MTA Fiscal Cliff Is Real
The MTA faces a fiscal cliff that could obliterate transit service when federal emergency COVID aid runs out and needs billions in new, recurring, state dedicated funding.
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