{"id":445,"date":"2018-03-19T04:18:38","date_gmt":"2018-03-19T04:18:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-york\/work\/clean-contracting\/"},"modified":"2024-07-25T14:40:17","modified_gmt":"2024-07-25T18:40:17","slug":"clean-contracting","status":"publish","type":"work","link":"https:\/\/www.commoncause.org\/new-york\/work\/clean-contracting\/","title":{"rendered":"Clean Contracting in New York"},"template":"","class_list":["post-445","work","type-work","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"details":{"summary":"We must hold politicians accountable to strong ethical standards, so they serve the people instead of partisan or wealthy special interests.","featured_image":"","work_type":false,"related_issues":[105,469],"location":35},"sidebar":{"helper_enable_sidebar":false,"helper_media_contact":{"heading":"Media Contact","manually_enter_person":false,"person":"","name":"","role":"","phone":"","email":""},"helper_links_downloads":{"heading":"Links & Downloads","links":null}},"page_layout":[{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_wysiwyg","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_wysiwyg":{"content":"<h2>Reforming contracting practices in New York to restore public trust.<\/h2>\r\nOur democracy depends on strong enforcement of the laws that are meant to protect it \u2014 and us. Those who break the law must face real consequences to deter bad behavior.\u00a0Common Cause New York is working to enforce higher ethical standards in government as we build a democracy that truly works for all of us.\r\n\r\n<strong>Clean Contracting<\/strong>\r\n\r\nCommon Cause New York has joined with Citizens Union, the Citizen Budget Commission, the Fiscal Policy Institute, the League of Women Voters, Reinvent Albany, and NYPIRG to offer five Clean Contracting Reforms:\r\n<ol>\r\n \t<li>Require competitive and transparent contracting for the award of state funds by all state agencies, authorities, and affiliates. Use existing agency procurement guidelines as a uniform minimum standard.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Transfer responsibility for awarding all economic development awards to Empire State Development Corporation (ESDC), and end awards by state non-profits and SUNY.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Empower the comptroller to review and approve all state contracts over $250K.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Prohibit state authorities, state corporations and state non-profits from doing business with their board members.<\/li>\r\n \t<li>Create a \"Database of Deals\" that allows the public to see the total value of all forms of subsidies awarded to a business \u2013 as six states have done.<\/li>\r\n<\/ol>\r\nWe've had partial success in our efforts to create a database of deals and are awaiting implementation to assess its impact."}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_add_component","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_add_component":null},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_take_action","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_take_action":{"heading":"Take Action","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"action":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_banner","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_banner":{"use_donate_banner":true,"title":"Title [highlight]with highlighting[\/highlight] and additional text.","button":null,"image":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_related_articles","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_related_articles":{"heading":"Updates","button_text":"See all Related Articles","manually_curate":false,"articles":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_resources","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_resources":{"heading":"Related Resources","button_text":"See all Related Resources","manually_curate":false,"resource":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_press","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_press":{"heading":"Press","button_text":"","manually_curate":false,"press":null}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_events","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_events":{"heading":"Events"}},{"acf_fc_layout":"layout_our_experts","_acfe_flexible_toggle":"","component_our_experts":{"heading":"","manually_curate":false,"people":null}}]},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - 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