Authorities Budget Office

ABO Celebrates its 20th Anniversary

The ABO celebrates its 20th anniversary, reaffirming its commitment to accountability, transparency and integrity by launching a series of tools to help the public and policy-makers better understand the public authority landscape.

View ABO's 20th Anniversary Celebration and congratulatory message from Governor Hochul

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Recent Updates, Reports and Useful Links

What's New

ABO - Celebrating 20th Anniversary

View the press release for the ABO Celebrating its 20th Anniversary

Public Authority Boards: Use of Executive Session

Governance Review - Public Authority Boards: Use of Executive Session, 1/27/2026...

ABO Issues Report Detailing Public Authority Compliance with...

The Authorities Budget Office (ABO) released a report today on the use of...

Policy Guidance 26-01: Appropriate Use of Executive Session

ABO Updates Policy Guidance on Appropriate Use of Executive Session to include...

ABO Statement on FY2026 State of the State

The ABO Issues Statement on Governor’s FY2026 State of the State.

Open NY Public Authority Data

Updated to include 2024 data - NEW

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Special Report: Website Transparency Reviews

View the report here

Annual Report 2025

View the 2025 Annual Report here

Freedom of Information Law and Open Meetings Law

ABO Policy Guidance 25-01: Freedom of Information Law and Open Meetings Law.

Resources

Local Authorities Economic Development Database

Authority Reporting

Public Authorities Reporting Information System

The online reporting system for information required of public authorities.

PARIS

Reporting Due Dates

The following calendar outlines time periods and deadlines for public authorities to submit budget, annual, audit, procurement, and investment reports to the ABO.

Calendar of Reporting Dates

Public Authority Data

Open NY Public Authority Datasets

Information reported by public authorities, available for the general public to download, sort, search, and analyze.

Public Authority Datasets

Local Authorities Economic Development Database

A new searchable platform to analyze and visualize data that is compiled from information submitted by local authorities in their annual reports within PARIS.

Economic Development Database

Accountability, Transparency, Integrity

Regulations, Laws, and Rulings

Regulations, Laws and Rulings related to ABO and Public Authorities

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Property Transaction Notices

Current Notices

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