New Yorkers: Private consultants and contractors make $250 million every year on deals with your money.  It’s time to break this deal. Let’s hold them accountable.  It’s your tax dollars. 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 above the table. Stop taxpayer abuse by passing: - A.0009 — a bill restricting lobbyists from influencing the award of state contracts. - 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. Call 1-877-255-9417 and tell your state leaders to pass the GO PUBLIC Accountability Bills! It’s your money. It’s your right! Download PDF print ad PEF Public Relations ad campaigns This ad was created by the PEF PR department and appeared as black & white version in the May 17 and 22, 2005 editions of the Albany Times Union and The Schenectady Daily Gazette and May 16, 2005 of The Legislative Gazette. © Copyright 2005.