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Updated May 14, 2008

NY proposes stricter oversight of doctors

Ethics panel works in secret

List compiles '10 plagues of the subway'

Groups say companies may violate NY campaign giving limits

3 into 1 for MTA as it unites bus lines

Now we’re (bed)bugged in subway

State watch for 2 percent of doctors

Utility pushes energy savings

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Clean Drinking Water Coalition Releases First Annual DEP Report Card

"Taking Stock of New York City's Drinking Water" - A Public Program

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Member Items

New Report Sticker Shock 101: Faculty Opinions about Textbook Prices, Publishers’ Tactics, and Efforts to Rein in Textbook Prices
Sticker Shock News Release

Buried in Bottles: A Survey of Beverage Containers in New York’s Litter

NYPIRG Releases Letter From More Than 100 NYS Faculty in Support of Optical Scan Voting Systems

Help fight skyrocketing drug prices:  Click here to find out about the Rx Affordability campaign

Buying Clean and Green Electricity for Your Home: A NYPIRG Guide

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“Member Item Madness”

bottles2007 marked the 25th anniversary of New York’s Returnable Container Act, better known as the Bottle Bill. Passed in 1982, the bottle bill, which requires a 5-cent refundable deposit on beer and soda containers sold in New York, has been New York's most successful recycling and litter prevention program.

Over the past 25 years more than 90 billion bottles and cans have been returned and recycled through the bottle bill. More than six million tons of plastic, glass and metal have been kept out of our landfills and incinerators. There is less litter and broken glass in our streets, parks, playgrounds and beaches, making them safer, cleaner, and more attractive.

NYPIRG is now spearheading a statewide campaign to update and improve New York’s bottle bill. More than 600 groups, businesses, and local governments support the “Bigger Better Bottle Bill,” which would MORE...

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New York City Residents: Find out who reperesents you in the city council, congress and the state legislature and how to reach them.