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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August 2022
Key Sources on Penn Station Redevelopment Plan
Reinvent Albany has compiled a list of key sources on the Penn Station Redevelopment Plan. We will continue to update.
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July 2022
Watchdog Report Uncovers $1.2B Tax Break for Vornado in Opaque Penn Station Financing Scheme
Reinvent Albany published a detailed analysis of NYS’s secretive plan to pay for Penn Station upgrades.
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June 2022
Double Jeopardy: MTA Capital Plan Imperiled by Congestion Plan Delay
Two years in, the MTA has only 7% of the funds budgeted, or $4B out of $55B total.
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August 2021
MTA Needs Congestion Pricing Money Now, Not in 2023
2020-2024 MTA Capital Plan Funding Coming in at Slowest Pace of Last 3 Plans: MTA Has Just $2B of the $55B Budgeted
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June 2020
Investing in the MTA is Investing in America
Analysis of MTA payments outside NYS shows it spent $8B across the country, in 47 of the 50 states from 2011-2018. This in turns created as many as 100,000 jobs. Congress must now step up to fund $3.9B in emergency aid for the MTA.
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September 2019
Analysis Shows Huge Challenge for MTA to Spend $55B 2020-24 Capital Plan
Analysis shows the biggest constraint is the MTA’s ability to spend, not find capital funding. Recommends honest and detailed implementation plan, as well as detailed, itemized lists of projects and changes to prior plans.
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August 2019
Where is the 2020-2024 MTA Capital Plan?
Review of past MTA capital plan processes shows 2019 is one of most secretive since capital plans began in 1982, diverging from transparency norms.
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August 2019
Who is the MTA Board?
An analysis of the 2019 MTA Board finds that only 36% of voting board members live in NYC, versus 89% of riders. When additionally compared by age, income, and ethnicity, MTA board members are not like transit riders. Review of financial disclosures also finds conflicts of interest for board members.
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May 2019
Open MTA – 50 Actions NY Can Take to Renew Public Trust in the MTA
A comprehensive report that makes specific recommendations for improving the MTA’s transparency, governance, oversight and ethics. (2019)
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