An aggressive Albany reform effort has taken on a familiar nickname — the enemies list. It sounds like a throwback to the Watergate-era mentality of the Nixon administration, but these days it targets a lineup of state legislators who won’t commit to a reform agenda being pushed by a group headed by former New York Mayor Ed Koch.

Those who argue that the group’s campaign is a bit of hyperbole might not be completely off target, but hype is perhaps one of the few tactics — other than a sound drubbing at the ballot box — that will get the attention of New York’s legislators — especially those too pompous to consider the Koch reform group worth heeding.

But it’s what we’ve come to expect from many of these lawmakers who, once elected, consider themselves exempt from accountability until they start their campaign spin cycle. Let’s see them try to get away with that this year. Don’t forget. This is a Legislature that lorded over the implosion and late adjournment of the state Senate last summer and that this year has not yet passed a budget for overtaxed New Yorkers.

In a sense, they all deserve to be on the enemies list, but Koch, through a group with the catchy name of New York Uprising, has given any legislator, including those not seeking re-election, a chance to repent and sign on to three reforms that have long been deemed basic to making state lawmakers better representatives of the people.