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As your watchdog in New York, NYPIRG works to strengthen democracy, fight for the rights of consumers and voters, and protect the environment and public health.
Four Decades of the Straphangers Campaign
Honoring Gene Russianoff and the Campaign's change-making transit advocacy
Save the date!- Wednesday, November 15, 2017
- 6:00 to 8:30 PM
- The Wooly Public, 9 Barclay Street, New York, NY 10007 (in the landmark Woolworth Building)
We look forward to seeing you! Please contact us at straphangers@nypirg.org or (212) 349-6460 ext. 1198 for more information or to update your contact information.
Stop Plans to Hike Your Electric Rates — No Nuclear Bailout
Governor Cuomo plans to bail out old, unsafe nuclear power plants with a $7.6 billion hike in utility rates to local governments, businesses, schools and others, with $2.3 billion coming from residential consumers directly. New York should be investing in 100% renewable energy, not propping up a dying nuclear industry, and must limit the hit to ratepayers' wallets! Call the governor at (866) 772-3843 and visit stopthecuomotax.org today.
New Analysis: Gov. Cuomo’s Nuke Bailout Will Cost Public Institutions Millions (News Release) (Complete Study)
Policy Priorities
State Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan dropped $24G in taxpayer money on office shower (Daily News, July 24, 2017)
MTA subway riders call for end to endless delays and dysfunction (WABC Channel 7, July 24, 2017)
City releases its own subway turnaround plan ahead of MTA's (AM New York, July 24, 2017)
Homeless booted from subways so de Blasio could have 'clean' ride (New York Post, July 23, 2017)
Here's the transit union's plan to rescue the MTA (NY1, July 21, 2017)
Republican, Democratic campaign funds support a lot of defense lawyers (The Buffalo News, July 20, 2017)
Blair Horner discusses the overturning of Sheldon Silver's conviction and ethics reform on the Capitol Connection (WAMC, July 20, 2017)
Banning food won't fix the subway. You know what will? Fixing the subway (AM New York, July 19, 2017)
Cuomo denies Trump's voter fraud commission request for information (The Legislative Gazette, July 19, 2017)
Calls for ethics reform go unanswered after ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction tossed (Daily News, July 15, 2017)
Help Fix Transit, Mr. de Blasio, and Be a Hero (The New York Times, July 13, 2017)
Did corruption convictions for Silver and Skelos change nothing in Albany? (Spectrum News, July 13, 2017)
NYPIRG's Horner Reacts To Overturning Of Silver Conviction (WAMC, July 13, 2017)
Five Ways the MTA Can Gain the Confidence of Transit Riders (Streetsblog NYC, July 12 2017)
Mobility = Equality (Manhattan Times News, July 12, 2017)
Redistricting panel with diminished role lives on with $1.5 million budget (Albany Times Union, July 9, 2017)
Transit advocates serve notice to political candidates (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, July 7, 2017)
'Dysfunctional' still fits New York Legislature to a T (Lockport Union-Sun & Journal, July 6, 2017)
Here's What NYC Politicians Can Do to Help Fix the Subways (Village Voice, July 6, 2017)
Public Records Suggest Some MTA Officials Barely Ride The Subway (Gothamist, July 6, 2017)
Save the Date: Join Us on November 15, 2017 to Celebrate Four Decades of the Straphangers Campaign
Albany Money Machine 2017
NYPIRG Statement on Gov's NYS Health Insurance Pledge
Release: Interactive Website with Local Water Data Goes Live
Statement on NYS Regulations to Curtail Discriminatory Auto Insurance Rates
NYPIRG and other good government groups call for the NYS Senate to end the practice of diverting stipends for committee chairs to other committee members
Former SEC Commissioner on NY AG's Exxon Investigation
50+ NY Lawyers Support AG Schneiderman's ExxonMobil Investigation
100+ Scientists Release Letter Urging AG to Pursue His ExxonMobil Investigation
New Analysis: State Documents Reveal ExxonMobil Pollution in New York State
Release: 350+ groups gather in support of AG's Big Oil investigation
Emphasizing the Massive Cost of Cuomo's Nuke Bailout to Energy Consumers, Albany Advocates Urge State Legislature to Block His Plan & Take His Own Advice on Indian Point: Close Upstate Nuke Plants Too
NYPIRG Reactions to State of the State Addresses
NYPIRG Statement Regarding the Reported Agreement to Close the Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant
Trouble In Toyland: 2016 Survey Finds Recalled Toys in Online Stores
New study: closing upstate's aging nuclear power plants can reduce NY's greenhouse gases & save ratepayers money. 'Green' power can dramatically increase safety & job creation.
Analysis: Despite Increase in Voter Registration, Turnout Fell Throughout New York State, Dips Uneven Throughout New York City (source: nypirgstudents.org)
Attend The Only Way Is Up: A Citywide Discussion to Boost Voter Turnout in New York on Friday, November 18th in Manhattan.
Analysis: More New Yorkers Are Registering to Vote; Will Voter Turn-out Remain Low? (source: nypirgstudents.org)
Blair Horner discusses Albany politics and the importance of voting on "It's Your System"
