Ethics || Reports and Policy Positions

Citizens Union Announces Positions On Ballot Proposals For 2019 General Election

October 7, 2019 - Good Government Group Supports Ranked Choice Voting, Increasing Oversight of NYPD, Modifications to the City Budget, and Changes to Land Use Review; Opposes Proposed Changes to Ethics Rule.

Citizens Union Reminds New Yorkers to Vote in the Primary Elections on September 13

September 9, 2018 - “Voter participation in New York’s primary elections is historically low,”

Restore Public Trust

January 15, 2018 - A series of major government corruption trials begin today with former executive deputy secretary to Governor Cuomo, Joseph Percoco and top political contributors to the governor facing bribery and extortion charges.

Citizens Union Issues Four Recommendations To Improve Jcope Deliberations

May 28, 2013 - Vito Lopez Scandal Highlights Need to Fix Flawed Voting Procedures and Increase Transparency. Calls On State Leaders to Address Legislatively this Session as Part of Anti-Corruption Reforms.

Citizens Union Issues 2nd Report On Turnover In The State Legislature

February 14, 2011 - Crime wave is accelerating: number of legislators who left in the past six years because of ethical and criminal misconduct has tripled over the previous six years.

Oversight, Effectiveness, and Accountability Issues (City)

For more than a century, Citizens Union has served as a watchdog for the public interest and an advocate for…

Oversight, Effectiveness, and Accountability Issues (State)