The New York Efficiency, Transparency, and Accountability Act (NY-ETA Act)

The New York Efficiency, Transparency, and Accountability Act (NY-ETA Act)

A JSA2026 Executive Blueprint to Eliminate Waste and Rebuild Public Trust

🔎 Summary

The NY-ETA Act is a full-scale operational audit and restructuring of all New York State programs, taxes, and bureaucracies. It will identify, expose, and either fix—or eliminate—any government program that costs more to run than it brings in, whether in revenue, economic value, or measurable public good. Agencies and public employees currently managing these failed programs will either be redeployed to high-need areas or laid off to reduce taxpayer burden and bureaucracy.

“Every dollar must work. Every worker must serve. Every program must justify its existence—or be shut down.”

🧰 Core Provisions

1. Statewide Fiscal Performance Audit

• Independent public review of every state program, tax collection stream, and regulatory office.
• Clear criteria: Does it return more than it costs? Does it benefit New Yorkers?
• Results published online in plain English for public transparency.

2. Zero-Based Budgeting

• Every agency must justify its entire budget annually from scratch.
• Redundant and underperforming roles eliminated, not rubber-stamped.
• Performance tied to impact, not headcount or legacy budgets.

3. Terminate or Repurpose Failing Programs

Programs that may face termination or restructuring include:

• Bottle Deposit Program – reform or scrap entirely.
• START-UP NY / Empire Zones – paused and re-evaluated.
• Cigarette tax enforcement – overhaul high-cost enforcement model.
• Film tax credits – frozen pending cost-benefit analysis.
• MTA Payroll Tax – restructuring to make it usage-based and fair.

If a program can be reformed to benefit the public, it will be. If not—it ends.

4. Reassignment or Release of Public Workers

• Staff in eliminated programs will be offered redeployment to urgent roles only.
• Otherwise, those positions will be cut and savings returned to taxpayers.

5. Public Access & Citizen Oversight

• Live online dashboard tracking agency budgets, goals, and performance.
• Anonymous citizen portal for reporting fraud, waste, and abuse.
• Whistleblower protections for public servants who expose inefficiencies.

📜 Legal Language Snapshot

“No agency, board, office, or tax may continue to operate or collect if its cost of operation, enforcement, or subsidy exceeds its measurable benefit to the residents of New York as determined by the Office of Efficiency and Accountability.”

💥 Campaign Message

“We’re not going to tinker with broken systems—we’re going to burn the dead wood, redirect the talent, and return the state to those who fund it. If it works, we’ll expand it. If it doesn’t, we’ll scrap it. Every dollar must serve the people—not the bureaucracy.”

Jason S. Arnold for Governor | JSA2026.com

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