New York's Public Employee Federation will rally at the state capitol June 8th in support of four accountability bills dealing with privatization of state services. Federations spokesperson Darcy Wells.

[Darcy Wells 1] : "One bill would require a cost benefit analysis before the state contracts out state services, another would require state agencies to disclose the cost and number of their contract employees, he third would increase the accountability of state authorities and off-budget shadow industries and the last one would restrict lobbyists from influencing the awarding of state contracts."

Taxpayers in general are invited to the rally, which will feature music, food and speeches. The point, Wells says is public employees do it better and in many cases for less money

[Wells 2] : "In many cases state agencies don't even know the number of contract employees working them, or the cost. And we have independent research that proves more times than not that the private contractors and consultants are more expensive and state employees can do the same work better and for less. And that's the point of all these bills."