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New York planning first large US nuclear plant in years: Hochul
Kathy Hochul · New York

New York planning first large US nuclear plant in years: Hochul

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Subsidy Sheet: NJ city data shows state-subsidized businesses employ few locals and pay them lower wages - Reinvent Albany
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Subsidy Sheet: NJ city data shows state-subsidized businesses employ few locals and pay them lower wages - Reinvent Albany

Happy July 4th No Kings Day Celebration, America. We’ll be back next week with details of what the new federal budget means for business subsidies in New York. Until then, something important just happened across the river in New Jersey. After a hard-won campaign by advocates, Camden passed the first law in the nation requiring businesses receiving state or local subsidies to report the residency and salary of their workers. Using data disclosed…Read Article
Reinvent Albany Joins Letter to Mayor Adams on Expanding Fair Fares Program - Reinvent Albany
New York State · New York

Reinvent Albany Joins Letter to Mayor Adams on Expanding Fair Fares Program - Reinvent Albany

Honorable Eric AdamsMayor, City of New YorkCity HallNew York, NY 10007 Dear Mayor Adams, As New York City Councilmembers and advocates, we write to express our serious disappointment and concern that you have once again refused to expand the Fair Fares program to 200% of the Federal Poverty Level (FPL) in your Executive Budget this year.  At a moment when one in four New Yorkers cannot afford essentials like food, housing, and medical care, the …Read Article

13 Groups Support Bill to Improve NYC FOIL Responses - Reinvent Albany

MEMO OF SUPPORT   Intro 1235 of 2025 (Brewer)   Requires NYC agencies to publicly report FOIL logs   TITLE OF BILL A Local Law to amend the New York city charter, in relation to the creation of a centralized system for processing freedom of information law requests. STATEMENT OF SUPPORT Our groups support this legislation because we believe it will help the public and government better understand how FOIL is working in New York City and what ste…New York State · New YorkRead Article

Testimony: Council Charter Proposals Should Further Strengthen Oversight Agencies, Mayoral Removal Should Go Before Voters - Reinvent Albany

Testimony to NYC Council Charter Revision CommissionRe: Updated Council Charter Proposals Should Further Strengthen Oversight Agencies, and Mayoral Removal Should Go Before Voters   June 23, 2025   Thank you for the opportunity to provide written comments for today’s Charter Commission hearing. Reinvent Albany advocates for more transparent and accountable New York government. We thank the Commission and its staff for their updated recommendatio…New York State · New YorkRead Article

GOP Runs Into Voter Buzzsaw of Criticism on Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’

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President Donald Trump has all of his proverbial eggs in one "big, beautiful" basket. Passage of the Republican-backed tax and budget bill is pivotal in advancing his agenda, but polling from multiple organizations shows the package may not have public sentiment behind it.  The numbers Polling done by Fox News released on Wednesday, June 18, shows voters were mostly familiar with the budget bill and its provisions, and most don’t like it. Conduc…Kamala Harris · United StatesSee the Story

Appreciation for Legislature Passing Five of Our Priority FOIL, Anti-Corruption, and Voting Bills - Reinvent Albany

Cheers also to the Legislature for not doing a “Big Ugly”   Reinvent Albany thanks the Senate and Assembly for passing five of our priority bills this session. We also thank the Legislature for not doing a Big Ugly bill for the third session in a row (though maybe this is because so much was packed into this year’s utterly atrocious, secretive, and generally irresponsible budget – which also effectively halved the length of the legislative sessi…Senate · AlbanyRead Article

Assembly Leads the Way on FOIL in 2025 - Reinvent Albany

Passes three out of four of our priority bills plus a solid bonus bill   Reinvent Albany thanks Speaker Carl Heastie and the New York State Assembly for passing the FOIL timing bill, S2520-B (Skoufis) / A3425-A (Raga), yesterday. For Sunshine Week in March, transparency advocates rallied in Albany to promote four bills we hoped the Legislature would pass to address New York’s broken Freedom of Information Law. Of those, the Assembly passed three…Albany, New York · AlbanyRead Article

Assembly Should Pass Six Bills Strengthening Transparency, Reducing Corporate Handouts - Reinvent Albany

Cheers to the Assembly for notable work this session passing bills strengthening the Freedom of Information Law. We urge Speaker Heastie to keep up the momentum and join the Senate in passing six common-sense bills that include one reducing FOIL delays and another decoupling New York’s tax code from wasteful federal Opportunity Zone subsidies. The Assembly should use these final two days to pass the following bills. All have passed the Senate: …Albany, New York · AlbanyRead Article

Subsidy Sheet: Furman Center on NYC OZs, Niagara Handouts for Pizza Wage Thief - Reinvent Albany

A new report from the highly respected NYU Furman Center shows that Opportunity Zone (OZ) tax breaks in New York City do little for low-income neighborhoods and mainly subsidize high-end, market-rate apartments. Furman’s analysis confirms what studies have already been showing for years and demolishes the absurd claim by the program’s supporters that Trump’s OZs are an anti-poverty program.Unfortunately, New York State and City could start losin…New York State · New YorkRead Article

Watchdog Testimony to NYC Council: Restore DOI's Staffing and Funding - Reinvent Albany

Testimony to NYC CouncilOversight Hearing Examining How the Department of Investigation (DOI) Encourages City Employees to Report CorruptionRe: Key Oversight Agency is Grossly Understaffed and Underfunded; Council Must Restore Budget and Independence of DOI   June 13, 2025   Thank you for the opportunity to provide written testimony as the City Council considers the important role of the Department of Investigation (DOI) in preventing and invest…Corruption · New YorkRead Article

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