Reports and Fact Sheets

Reinvent Albany regularly writes and publishes on issues and legislation relevant to our core mission. Below is a complete list of our reports, policy briefs, and memos.

May 2026 Despite Very Late State Budget, Legislature Passing Bills at Normal Clip Senate and Assembly May Be Adapting to Short “Regular” Sessions Read more May 2026 NYS Agencies Failing to Make FOIL Easier for Public FOIL Fail: NYS Agencies Not Using GovQA Software Tools that Make FOIL Easier for the Public Read more April 2026 NY Taxpayers Spend $77M for One JP Morgan Data Center Job Rockland County IDA's $77M sales tax abatement for JP Morgan's Orangetown data center expansion creates one full-time job; by far the largest subsidy for a single job in history. Read more March 2026 Five Reasons NY Must End Its Tax Break for Trump Opportunity Zones NYS should fully decouple from the federal Opportunity Zone tax program, which costs the state up to $424 million annually while funneling tax dollars into out-of-state luxury real estate, guns, oil, and crypto investments. Read more February 2026 Watchdogs Release Q&A About “Lame Duck” Charter Commissions Q&A Regarding Charter Revision Commissions Appointed by Prior Mayors (“Lame Duck” Charter Commissions) Read more February 2026 Key Sources for Amtrak’s “New York Penn Station Transformation Project” Reinvent Albany tracks key resources on Amtrak's New York Penn Station Transformation Project, raising concerns about transparency in the procurement process and project financing. Read more February 2026 Fundamentally Flawed, Illogical ESD Report Massively Exaggerates Benefits to Taxpayers of NYS $800m/Year Film-TV Production Subsidies ESD's consultant report massively exaggerates the returns on New York's $800 million annual film and TV production subsidy, ignoring independent experts who have repeatedly found it a waste of taxpayer dollars. Read more February 2026 NY Taxpayers Shelled Out $900 Million to Hollywood Producers in 2025 Months after the Governor and Legislature approve new subsidies, film/TV handouts continue to climb. Read more January 2026 Listening to FOIL 2025: Lessons from 11 New York State Agencies Reinvent Albany analyzed FOIL logs from 2024 provided by 11 units of New York State government to assess how well the Freedom of Information Law is working. Read more December 2025 Transparency Gap: NY Senate Confirmation Votes Kept Behind Two Layers of Obstacles Reinvent Albany's report discovered two major obstacles when trying to understand how NY Senators vote on confirmations: 1) they do not publish votes on their website, and 2) they overuse slate voting. Read more December 2025 Mayor Mamdani Must Fully Harness City Tech to Deliver for Everyday New Yorkers Our new report recommends a new management structure for NYC’s tech and data offices and urges Mayor Mamdani to take 5 steps to improve how technology can be used to deliver better services to everyday New Yorkers. Read more December 2025 Building a 21st Century Judiciary: A Reform Agenda for New York City Our joint report with Scrutinize calls on the incoming mayor to make NYC’s little-noticed process to appoint judges modern and transparent Read more