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Consumer Protection

Unhappy Returns: Risky Holiday Shopping

Trouble in Toyland: 2007 Toy Safety Report

Trouble in Toyland: 2006 Toy Safety Report

Playground Safety Report 2006

Prescription for $avings

Trouble In Toyland: 2005 Toy Safety Report

Locked in a Cell: How Cell Phone Early Termination Fees Hurt Consumers

Trouble In Toyland: 2004 Toy Safety Report

Paying the Price: The High Cost of Prescription Drugs for Uninsured Consumers

Playing it Safe: How Safe are New York City Playgrounds?

Pricey Plastic: A Report and Survey of Plastic Cards

Sharks in the Water: Payday Lending

Always Taking Money: ATM Survey 2003

Back to Basics: Basic Banking Survey 2003

Trouble In Toyland: 2002 Toy Safety Report

Playground Safety Survey


Energy

Guide to Buying Clean and Green Electricity

The Blackout of 2003:
   Detangling How Deregulation Helped Cause the Blackout
   The New York Independent System Operator: Operating Too Independently for the Good of New Yorkers


Environment

Cleaning Up: Fixing New York’s Broken Brownfield Cleanup Program.

Buried in Bottles: A Survey of Beverage Containers in New York's Litter

Energy Efficiency: The Smart Way to Reduce Global Warming in the Northeast

2005 Mid-Atlantic Mercury Report Card: Are States Meeting the Challenge?

Troubled Waters: An Analysis of Clean Water Compliance, January 2002-June 2003

Cleanup Slowdown: How Under-funding the Superfund program harms communities across America

Danger in the Air: Unhealthy Levels of Smog in 2002

Danger in the Air: New York


Good Government

Actions for Change: 50 Measures the New Governor Can Take in the First 100 Days to Reform New York

Unfair Advantage: New York State's Redistricting Process

A Work In Progress: The Mid Term ‘Report Card on Reform' for the 2005 Session

Report from the Polls '05: A Survey of Conditions at the Polls in New York City

PACing It In: Political Action Committee's Contributions in New York State

Subject to Influence: New York State Agency Contracting

Access Denied: The State of New York Government's Openness

Reform New York: 10 Steps Lawmakers Can Take to Change Albany

State of the State's Ethics

A Taxing Problem: Assesment Equity for New York City Homeowners

Reform NY: A series of proposals to boost the public accountability of New York State Government

The Big Apple's Big Spenders: The City's Top Lobby Interests


Health

Strengthening New York's Oversight of Doctors: The Case for Reforms

Dodgeball: The Pharmaceutical Companies' Direct Marketing to Doctors and the Impact on Health Care Costs and Patient Safety

Paying the Price: The High Cost of Prescription Drugs for Uninsured Americans

Prescription for $avings

Empty Promises: The Failure of the NYS Health Department to Monitor Medical Errors

Where's the Lead?

Blowing Away the Smokescreen: The Case Against Big Tobacco


Higher Education

Sticker Shock 101: Faculty Opionions About Textbook Prices, Publishers Tactics, and Efforts to Rein in Textbook Prices

Overburdened: Further Shifting the Cost from State Government to New York Families

The Facts on TAP and the Governor's Proposed Budget

Tapping Into TAP: An Inside Look at the Grant Award

Shifting the Burden: Shifting the Cost of Higher Education From State Government to New York Families


Straphangers Campaign

www.straphangers.org/reports.html