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Legislative & Regulatory Scorecards
Step 3 of the accountability loop. A bill that passes but goes unenforced is not reform. A rule that's written but unread is not oversight. TASFGA plans to track whether the fixes it proposes — and the ones legislators and regulators promise independently — actually take effect. Scorecard and advocacy activity will begin once TASFGA's advocacy arm is formed.
What we plan to publish
- Legislative tracker — planned tracking of every model bill, from drafting to introduction to committee to floor to enacted to enforced. Sponsor-level accountability.
- Agency rulemaking tracker — promises made, rules proposed, rules finalized, rules actually applied.
- Elected-official scorecards — vote records, disclosure compliance, stated positions vs. actual outcomes.
- Failed-reform ledger — bills that died in committee, with named sponsors, opponents, and the causes of death.
Focus 1 example: the ombudsman bill — nine sessions, zero floor votes
A bill to create a New York co-op/condo ombudsman office has been introduced in nine consecutive legislative sessions since 2009. Every version died in committee; not one received a floor vote. This is the ledger behind the "9" on our homepage:
| Session | Senate | Assembly | Outcome |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009–2010 | S7958 | — | Died in committee |
| 2011–2012 | S395 | A6941 | Died in committee |
| 2013–2014 | S3152 | A34 | Died in committee |
| 2015–2016 | S2832 | A1855 | Died in committee |
| 2017–2018 | S5839 | A11109 | Died in committee |
| 2019–2020 | S2604 | A1482 | Died in committee |
| 2021–2022 | S494 | A3157 | Died in committee |
| 2023–2024 | S6242 | A6615 | Died in committee |
| 2025–2026 | S7745 | A10286 | In committee (no floor vote as of Jan 2026) |
Counted by session introduction; several sessions also carried an Assembly companion. Source: NY Senate legislative record (each bill linked above).
The Legislative Graveyard at condoscoopsnyc.org/legislative-graveyard is a public ledger of other reforms that died and why. That format is the template for every area of focus.