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Project Sunlight

This website is an on-line gateway to several NY State databases that allows you to access and search information on Campaign Finance, Member items, bills, lobbyists and government contracts.

Sunlightny.org
Brennan Center for Justice at NYU School of Law

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Reforming the New York State Legislature

Brennan Center homepage

Center for Governmental Research

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The Public Policy Institute of New York State, Inc.

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Key Economic and Social Indicators for New York State

Empire Center for New York State Policy
A project of the Manhattan Institute for Policy Research

Empire Center homepage

Reports

U. S. Census Bureau U. S. Census Bureau homepage
National Conference of State Legislatures 50 State Legislative staff count

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Current and relevant Books

Three Men in a Room: The Inside Story of Power and Betrayal in an American Statehouse
by Seymour P. Lachman, with Robert Polner
(2006)

Creating a Prosperous New York State, Making Elected Officials Accountable for New York State's Performance Relative to Other States
By Mark W. Bitz
Publisher: Mark W. Bitz (February 2006)
Available through FreeNYS.org

The Politics of Decline, A Chronicle of New York's Descent and What You Can Do To Save Your State
By Jay Gallagher
Publisher: Whitston Press (November 2005)

CFBNY.org

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