About public authorities

Public authorities (or public benefit corporations, as they’re sometimes called) are quasi-governmental entities mostly used to finance infrastructure and economic development projects.

For those of you who are new to the subject, we’ve prepared a collection of posts with general background information on public authorities:

• What are public authorities?
• When should quasi-public entities be subject to governmental transparency requirements?
• An overview of New York’s Industrial Development Agencies
• An overview of New York’s Local Development Corporations
• Public authorities reforms in New York (and elsewhere)
• The Public Authorities Control Board

If you have suggestions for general public authorities topics that you’d like us to cover, contact us at publicauthorities@gmail.com.