Overview
Overview
At the start of her new administration, Governor Hochul pledged a new era of greater transparency and accountability. The administration directed heads of New York State agencies, authorities and boards to assess and evaluate their existing policies and practices and create a plan detailing their new efforts to increase transparency and accessibility in our work and in our operations. In that same spirit of collaboration and transparency, we are posting these memos here.
NYS agencies, authorities and boards provided innovative approaches, such as:
- Overhauling agency websites to create a more interactive experience, allowing for ease of use and potential access to agency services;
- Expanding language access to increase accessibility to all New Yorkers;
- Making better use of the state’s Project Sunlight initiative and OpenData, by improving areas such as website navigation, ensuring accessibility;
- Conducting listening tours of regional offices so agency senior staff can hear directly from their colleagues on areas where improvement can be undertaken.
Over the coming days and weeks, we will be working with our colleagues in New York State government on timelines for implementation of these recommendations. We are also encouraging all of our state entities to use these memos to find ways to continue strong, interagency collaboration that serves New Yorkers and continues to restore trust in government.
Civil Rights & Workforce
Civil Rights & Workforce
- Division of Human Rights (DHR)
- Board of Elections (BOE)
- Veterans' Services
- Department of Labor (DOL)
- Department of Civil Service (DCS)
- Governor’s Office of Employee Relations (GOER)
- Public Employment Relations Board (PERB)
- Workers Compensation Board (WCB)
- Unemployment Insurance Appeals Board
- Industrial Board of Appeals
Economic Development, Housing, Technology & General Government
Economic Development, Housing, Technology & General Government
- Empire State Development Corporation (ESD)
- Department of State (DOS)
- Office of Renewable Energy Siting (ORES)
- Division of Homes & Community Renewal (HCR)
- Governor’s Office of Storm Recovery (GOSR)
- Dormitory Authority (DASNY)
- Battery Park City Authority (BPCA)
- Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC)
- Jacob Javits Convention Center
- Council on the Arts (NYSCA)
- Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA)
- Office of Information Technology Services (ITS)
- Office of General Services (OGS)
Energy & Environment
Energy & Environment
- Energy Research & Development Authority (NYSERDA)
- Department of Public Service Commission (PSC)
- New York Power Authority (NYPA) | Addendum
- Canal Corporation | Addendum
- Long Island Power Authority (LIPA)
- Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC)
- Office of Parks, Recreation & Historic Preservation (OPRHP)
- Environmental Facilities Corporation (EFC)
- Adirondack Park Agency (APA)
- Hudson River Valley Greenway (HRVG)
- Hudson River Park Trust (HRPT)
- Hudson River Black River Regulating District (HRBRRD)
- Lake George Park Commission
Financial Services & Gaming
Financial Services & Gaming
Health & Human Services
Health & Human Services
- Council on Children and Families
- Department of Health (DOH)
- Office of Medicaid Inspector General (OMIG)
- Office of Children & Family Services (OCFS)
- Office of Temporary & Disability Assistance (OTDA)
- Office for the Aging (NYSOFA)
- Office of Mental Health (OMH)
- Office of Addiction Services and Supports (OASAS)
- Office for People With Developmental Disabilities (OPWDD)
- Justice Center
Public Safety
Public Safety
- Division of Homeland Security & Emergency Services (DHSES)
- Division of State Police (SP)
- Division of Military & Naval Affairs (DMNA)
- Division of Criminal Justice Services (DCJS)
- Department of Corrections & Community Supervision (DOCCS)
- State Commission of Corrections (SCOC)
- Office for the Prevention of Domestic Violence (OPDV)
- Office of Victim Services (OVS)