What happened?
Read dated, source-linked activity records with clear distinctions between confirmed facts, disputes, and unknowns.
Independent civic accountability • New York State
Your government.
Your money.
Your right to know.
A public record of what New York's leaders promise, what they do, what it costs, and whether it works for people in all 62 counties.
Launch preview: This is the website foundation, not a completed investigation. The public database, historical backfill, and source-by-source verification are still being prepared. No draft question has been sent.
What about my county?
Track official visits, public meetings, funding announcements and verified results beyond New York City.
Did they answer?
Follow questions from documented delivery through acknowledgment, answers, and resolution.
Our standard
We examine every official by the same evidence rules. Announced funding is not spending. A proposal is not a law. An allegation is not proof. An undocumented visit is not a verified absence. And a question drafted is not a question sent.
Documented public record
The Daily Ledger
Searchable entries will show the event date, source, government capacity, geographic impact, public dollars, benefits, burdens, and unresolved questions.
Only source-confirmed records should be published here. This initial version deliberately contains no unverified article imports.
Same standards for every office
The Four Officials
Profiles will include official powers, sourced actions, promises, public financial disclosures, and response histories. No private routines or whereabouts.
57 counties beyond NYC • 5 within NYC
Beyond NYC
Every county deserves to be visible. A blank record means unknown or not yet researched, never zero activity.
62-county map
Interactive choropleth coming after county records and geographic boundaries are validated.
Visit counting rules
Count unique trips separately from stops, public listening events, and campaign appearances. Record the source, public access, dollars announced, and later outcomes.
Current cumulative coverage: not yet reconciled.
Promise versus outcome
Campaign Promise Tracker
Each promise will retain its exact wording, original date, deadline, baseline, office authority, actions, outcomes, and regional impact.
A missed promised outcome remains a missed outcome even if factors were outside the official's control. Authority and attribution are explained separately. No grades have been assigned.
Verified promise entries and original-source links are being reconciled before publication.
Budget accountability
Follow the Money
Enacted budget
Pending
Exact FY2026–27 budget totals and appropriations require primary-document verification.
Actual outlays
Pending
Cash disbursements must not be confused with authorizations.
County impact
Pending
Compare program eligibility, need, awards, spending and household burdens.
Primary reference offices: Division of the Budget and State Comptroller.
Public correspondence, verified
The Question Docket
Every formal inquiry and individual question receives a permanent ID. The ten-business-day response request is an editorial standard, not a statutory deadline.
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Verified inquiries sent in this site's published register
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Verified responses in this site's published register
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Verified resolved issues in this site's published register
These zeros describe the empty published register, not a claim that no correspondence exists elsewhere. Draft inquiries are not counted as sent.
Inquiry register will show recipient, issue, question IDs, proof of delivery, requested deadline, extensions, answers and follow-up history.
Constructive civic research
Find a Better Way
Good accountability asks more than “what went wrong?” It asks what could work better, for whom, at what cost, and under what law.
New York examples
Local practices will be documented with original evidence and measurable outcomes.
Elsewhere in the U.S. and world
Comparisons will identify legal and economic differences, not assume solutions transfer automatically.
Untested proposals
Clearly labeled ideas will include feasibility, implementation, winners, losers, and risks.
Respectful, voluntary participation
Your Voice
Share a documented experience, propose a solution, or ask a respectful question. This preview does not yet collect or store submissions.
Copy a neutral question
Please explain how this policy affects eligible residents in my county, including the legal authority, funding source, expected benefits, measurable outcomes, and opportunities for public participation. Please provide links to supporting public records where available.
Contact officials directly
Governor Kathy Hochul · Lieutenant Governor Antonio Delgado (Governor's office) · Attorney General Letitia James · Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli
Never send private medical, financial or identifying records for public posting. Consent, redaction, corroboration, corrections and a diversity of viewpoints are core publication requirements.
Editorial charter
About Dear New York State
Participation, Not Rule. We exist to make government more responsive to the people it serves, not to advance a political party or ideology.
Evidence rules
We distinguish confirmed, disputed, unverified, and unknown; link to primary sources wherever possible; preserve corrections; and never infer guilt, motives, or wrongdoing from incomplete information.
Our scope
Taxes, utilities, housing, infrastructure, services, budgets, contracts, audits, public engagement, campaign promises and measurable outcomes across all 62 counties.
Corrections and privacy
Corrections should preserve the original publication date and explain what changed. We do not publish private whereabouts, unverified personal claims, or reader-identifying information without informed consent.
Launch status
This is an initial functional prototype. Historical reconciliation, verified data feeds, accessibility testing, contact channels, and a secure editorial publishing system remain to be completed.