What: Citizens Union (CU) will release the latest edition of its report, Spending in the Shadows, on unspecified lump sum spending in New York’s FY 2017 Enacted budget. The report examines hundreds of pots of money under state government control that have scant details, few restraints and little public accountability – all parts of a recipe for public corruption.
When: Thursday, September 29, 2016 at 11:00 A.M.
Where: By Conference Call – Dial-in: 866-866-2244;
Participant Code: 2270345
Who: - Dick Dadey, Executive Director, Citizens Union
- Alan Rothstein, Report Author, Member, Citizens Union Board of
Directors and Chair, CU’s State Affairs Committee, and former General
Counsel, New York Bar Association
The report and easy-to-follow PowerPoint slides will be made available shortly before the news conference.