New Yorkers: Private consultants and contractors are playing with your money. It’s time to stop the monopoly.  It’s your money. It’s your move. Private contractors and consultants are expensive, inefficient and unaccountable! And — it’s you who’s picking up the bill. New York state’s increasing use of private contractors to perform public services costs state taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars each year. Independent audits have proven over and over that state employees do the work better and for less. Now is the time to tell your state leaders to stop wasting your tax dollars. Tell lawmakers to pass the GO PUBLIC Accountability Bills that will help keep your tax dollars out of this game of chance. Stop taxpayer abuse by passing: - S.3923/A.1259 — a bill requiring a cost/benefit analysis before contracting-out state services. - S.1920/A.6542 — a bill requiring state agencies to disclose the cost and number of contract employees they have. - A.5626 — a bill increasing the accountability of state authorities and off-budget “shadow” agencies. - A.0009 — a bill restricting lobbyists from influencing the award of state contracts. Call 1-877-255-9417 and tell your state leaders to pass the GO PUBLIC Accountability Bills! GO PUBLIC. Invest In Public Employees. stopprivatization.com Download PDF print ad PEF Public Relations ad campaigns This ad was created by the PEF PR department and appeared as a black & white version in the May 26 editions of The Rochester Democrat & Chronicle, The Syracuse Post Standard, The Buffalo News, The Binghamton Press & Sun Bulletin, the June20 and May 23 Legislative Gazette, the April 19 and 24, 2005 editions of The New York Times, New York Post, Albany Times Union, The Schenectady Daily Gazette, and the April 18, 2005 edition of The Legislative Gazette. © Copyright 2005.