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Where's The Spending?

New York currently has no statewide, official spending database online. However, several transparency websites, both state-sponsored and independent, are available.

• www.openbooknewyork.com was created by State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli
• Project Sunlight was created by State Attorney General Andrew Cuomo
• www.seethroughny.net was created by the Empire Center for New York State Policy

News

Sign up for the www.showmethespending.org weekly transparency e-updates. As transparency news about New York becomes available, it will be sent out by email and posted here.

State budget websites and analysis

Legislation

None.

Government tools

The following table is helpful in evaluating the level of transparency provided by a state spending and transparency database:

Limitations and Suggestions for Improvements

Support for creation of the database

The National Taxpayers Union praised the creation of the Attorney General's Project Sunlight transparency website.^[1]

Independent transparency sites

The Empire Center for New York State Policy has created an independent transparency website, www.seethroughny.net.

Public employee salary information

The Journal News' LoHud.com offers this database of public employee salaries in Yonkers. For the article introducing the project, click here.

The Times Herald-Record offers this analysis of public salaries in the Hudson Valley with a searchable database of payroll records.

A great resource is See Through NY, a new website offering "New Yorkers a clearer view of how their state and local tax dollars are spent."

External Links

• Empire Center for New York State Policy
• Manhattan Institute for Policy Research
• Indiana Policy Review Foundation
• Indiana State Budget Agency
• Indiana Government spending

References

1. ↑ National Taxpayers Union, "Citizen Group Praises New York Project to Open Government Online," November 5, 2007

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