Good news shared by the New York State Taxpayers Union:

ALBANY, N.Y. - A state judge Tuesday ordered leaders of the state Legislature to disclose the names of lawmakers who decide how $170 million in taxpayer money is spent on pork barrel projects in their home districts.

The suit filed in Albany's state Supreme Court by the Albany Times Union newspaper claimed Senate Majority Leader Joseph Bruno, R-Brunswick, and Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, D-Manhattan, violated New York's Freedom of Information Law by refusing to let the public see computer data that shows the member items each lawmaker obtained and who got the money.

State Supreme Court Justice Robert Sackett of Sullivan County ruled that the names of the legislators are not protected from disclosure.

"As approved expenditures of public funds, the public has a right to know the names of legislators associated with the funding of member item projects," he wrote.

Now if we could only get this type of disclosure from Congress on a more regular basis…