[1][2][3][4] They were soon joined by conservative lawyer and legal activist Leonard Leo,[5] and Bush-administration veteran Tom Basile.

[8] It shared office space in New York City with data-mining firm Cambridge Analytica, which also received investments from the Mercer family.

[16][17] Reclaim New York downsized its operations in 2019, which was attributed by its opponents to its lack of success in influencing state politics.

Victor Feldman, writing in the Berkshire Edge, criticized RNYI for sowing distrust of the government and abusing the open-records civic process by intimidation.

It opposed various bills in the state legislature[8][23] and the renaming of the Tappan Zee Bridge after Governor Mario Cuomo.