New York Organizations

Organizations of interest whose focus in on public integrity issues in New York City and New York State

Citizens Union: Citizens Union is a century-old nonpartisan and nonprofit organization advocating for better governance in New York City and New York State. Their issue areas include transparency, government accountability, civic engagement, and reducing the undue influence of money in politics. Their activities range from issue briefs to public surveys to conferences. In addition, Citizens Union publishes the Gotham Gazette, an online news source related to New York public integrity issues, with an associated free daily newsletter.

NYOpenGovernment.com: The NYOpenGovernment.com website is a project by the New York State Office of the Attorney General to facilitate citizen access to public information. The website has links and directions for finding information on legislation, campaign finance, registered lobbyists, charities, and freedom of information requests.

Open Book New York: Open Book New York is a website from the New York State Comptroller’s Office that compiles financial information for New York State. It contains information on local government, state spending, and state contracts, and provides financial information about public authorities.

Open New York: Open New York is a state-run website that compiles publicly-available reports and other information, mostly from New York State agencies. For example, the topic of integrity contains Enforcement Actions by the NYS Joint Commission on Public Ethics, Registered Lobbyist Disclosures, reports by the NYS Inspector General, and information filed with the NYS Board of Elections, among other things. 

SeeThroughNY: SeeThroughNY is a project of the Empire Center for Public Policy to facilitate citizen access to information about taxation and spending in New York State, and in areas, such as government contracts, payrolls, and expenditures.