“Ms. Hochul promised to be a beacon of transparency when she succeeded Andrew Cuomo after his resignation amid multiple scandals in 2021. That makes it all the more disappointing to read the recently released audit from state Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli, faulting the DOT for its lack of full adherence to New York’s Freedom of Information Law.”

 

“If Gov. Hochul wants to make good on her pledge to restore public trust in government, she’ll need to change the culture in an agency that seems to think that not playing by the rules is OK as long as it can come up with a legal rationalization, and, hey, if it’s only 12 percent of the time.”