Reports and Fact Sheets
Issue: Clean NY Govt Strong Democracy

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
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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Albany's report discovered two major obstacles when trying to understand how NY Senators vote on confirmations: 1) they do not publish votes on their website, and 2) they overuse slate voting.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 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 February 2025
Mayoral Succession and Potential Special Election Fact sheet and detailed infographic on NYC mayoral succession and special elections Read more April 2023
New Report Shows Buying Influence Works The science is clear: Gifts, including campaign contributions, influence the decision-making of elected officials. Read more October 2022
Empire State of Emergency: Overuse of Governor’s Emergency Powers Invites Abuse of Power and Corruption Recommends legislation to rein in emergency powers and restore oversight Read more July 2019
Less Than 1 in 4 Campaign Donations to 19 NYS Senate Democratic Leaders Are From People in Their Districts An analysis of donations to NYS Democratic Leaders shows few donations from their constituents Read more May 2019
Only 16% of Campaign Donations to Assembly Leadership Are From People in Their Districts An analysis of campaign contributions to Assembly leaders finds few are from constituents Read more March 2019
Estimating the Costs of a Public Financing System in NYS The cost of a public financing system in NYS is $60 million annually Read more November 2015
State Integrity Investigation 2015 Corruption Risk Survey In 2015, NY State received a D- grade from the State Integrity Investigation based on the questions in this spreadsheet. https://publicintegrity.org/accountability/new-york-gets-d-grade-in-2015-state-integrity-investigation/ Read more May 2013
State Open Campaign System (SOCS) May 28, 2013 presentation of online tools for fairer, cleaner, more transparent New York State election campaigns. Easier Compliance, better oversight. by Reinvent Albany and technologists and election experts at the Open Campaign Working Group Read more