On March 1, 2025, the NYC Lobbying Bureau released its annual report on 2024 lobbying activities, detailing registration discrepancies, late filings, audits, and civil penalties exceeding $125,000. The report underscores the Bureau’s enforcement measures aimed at ensuring transparency and curbing undue influence from lobbyists.

On September 2, 2024, NYC Comptroller Brad Lander unveiled a new dashboard that tracks labor violations across private employers. This tool aims to enhance transparency, hold companies accountable, and empower workers with critical information about labor law violations in New York City.

The 2023 New York City lobbying report reveals that outside lobbying expenditures reached an all-time high of $130.9 million, with a noticeable increase in efforts targeting Mayor Eric Adams and his inner circle. This heightened focus on the mayor raises concerns over centralized decision-making and the potential for authoritarian influence in the governance of New York City.

Following persistent advocacy from civil rights groups and community activists, the New York City Council has scheduled a hearing on December 18 to review the NYPD's use of surveillance technologies under the proposed Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology Act. This hearing aims to increase transparency and accountability over the NYPD's deployment of tools such as body cameras, facial recognition, and other surveillance systems.

Following the enforcement of the Public Oversight of Surveillance Technology Act in January 2021, the NYPD released error-filled, boilerplate statements that failed to provide transparent details on its surveillance tools. This lack of accountability has raised concerns over the city's oversight of potentially repressive technology, as highlighted in a Wired Opinion piece.