Dozens of Groups Present a Plan to Bolster City's Transparency and Accountability of Stimulus Funds

NYS Stimulus Oversight Working Group

NYS Stimulus Oversight Working Group will release its Common Principles for Transparency and Accountability and ‘Taxpayer's Right to Know,' urging New York's policymakers to adopt principles of fairness and effectiveness and incorporate them into the city-level investment plans expected by the federal stimulus package. Setting up a transparent process before the money is allocated will avoid future recriminations and investigations.

Members of the NYS Stimulus Oversight Working Group include

Alliance for Quality Education || Campaign For Fiscal Equity || Citizens Budget Commission || Citizens Union || Common Cause/New York || Concerned Citizens of Greenwood Hts. || Consumers Union || Develop Don't Destroy Brooklyn || Drum Major Institute || Empire State Consumer Project || Environmental Advocates of New York || Fiscal Policy Institute || Good Jobs New York || NEDAP || NYC AIDS Housing Network || New York Jobs With Justice || New York Public Interest Research Group || People's Production House || Queens Civic Congress || Sierra Club Atlantic Chapter || Tri-State Transportation Campaign || Urban Justice Center (As of 2/25/09; list in formation)