Reports and Fact Sheets
Issue: Accountable Public Authorities “Open MTA”

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.

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 October 2025 Policy Crossroads: Reconsidering IDA Housing Tax Breaks in New York Our new report with the State Policy Advocacy Clinic at the Brooks School of Public Policy at Cornell on constitutionally questionable housing projects being undertaken by IDAs across New York State Read more October 2025 Backdoor to the Bench: NY’s Constitutional Cap on Supreme Court Spawns Dysfunction Our joint report with Scrutinize shows that the cap on the number of Supreme Court judges in New York’s constitution has created a double dysfunction Read more October 2025 Investing in the MTA Is Investing in America – October 2025 Update New report shows that the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) spent nearly $19 billion outside New York from 2011 to 2024, supporting up to 247,000 jobs in politically blue, red, and purple states alike. Read more March 2025 New Report Update Highlights Transparency Leaders in NY’s Criminal Courts A small group of judges and counties leads the way in publishing decisions, demonstrating that open justice is possible—even as many decisions are not published online Read more February 2025 MTA Spending County-by-County 2014-2023 From 2014-2023 the MTA spent $30 billion purchasing goods and services from businesses in NYS. This analysis provides a breakdown of MTA spending by county. Read more February 2025 Mayoral Succession and Potential Special Election Fact sheet and detailed infographic on NYC mayoral succession and special elections Read more February 2025 New District-By-District Breakdown of Businesses MTA Paid $35 Billion Over Last Decade MTA Vendors Earned Nearly $35 Billion Over 10 Years in Every Single Congressional District in NY, NJ, and CT Read more June 2024 The MTA Is Big Business in the Tri-State Region 100,000 New York Jobs at Risk from Cancellation of Congestion Pricing Read more 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. Read more 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. Read more 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. Read more