Stony Brook Students Rally for SUNY Funding  (The South Shore Press, April 7, 2026)

Buffalo Common Council Member Leah Halton-Pope likely to replace Assembly Member Crystal Peoples-Stokes  (City & State, April 7, 2026)

Hochul’s climate act delay meets opposition  (Riverhead Local, April 5 2026)

We deserve bold climate action, not backtracking  (Cortland Standard, April 4, 2026)

Governor Hochul and New York’s late budget  (WAMC, April 3, 2026)

Does a late state budget really matter? This Albany watchdog says yes  (Spectrum News, April 3, 2026)

Climate activists rally against Hochul plan  (Massapequa Herald, April 2, 2026)

Republicans Seek Protections for Oil Giants Against Climate Lawsuits  (The New York Times, April 2, 2026)

'Gaslighting governor' - Hundreds protest Hochul climate law proposal  (LoHud.com, March 26, 2026)

NYC Conflicts of Interest Board declines to clarify electioneering rules  (City Limits, March 26, 2026)

Senator Shelley Mayer, Assemblymember Chris Burdick, Colleagues, and Advocates Urge the Final State Budget Include Critical Funding for SUNY and CUNY Capital Needs  (Yonkers Times, March 25, 2026)

Legislators say SUNY, CUNY face $7B maintenance backlog  (ABC News 10, March 24, 2026 )

Hochul Unveils 11th-Hour Push to Defang New York’s Climate Law  (City Limits, March 23, 2026)

Long Island climate activists rally against Hochul plans to revise climate protections  (LI Herald, March 22, 2026)

Hochul Unveils Eleventh-Hour Push to Defang New York’s Climate Law  (New York Focus, March 20, 2026)

Hochul says NY can’t meet its own climate targets, so she wants to change them  (Syracuse.com, March 20, 2026)

After weeks of public teasing, Hochul outlines proposals to roll back climate law mandates  (City & State, March 20, 2026)

Medicare pricing must be reformed to save money  (Daily News, March 19, 2026)

Albany casts a dark cloud over “Sunshine Week”  (WAMC, March 18, 2026)

NYS looks to filtration systems to address lead in school drinking water  (Newsday, March 17, 2026)

Release: NYPIRG Reacts to Governor Hochul’s Proposal to Secretly Negotiate Rolling Back the Nation’s Leading Energy Affordability Climate Law During the Budget Process

Release: New York Shortchanges Independent Colleges by Tens of Millions of Dollars: NYPIRG Urges Lawmakers to Boost Aid as Part of Final Budget

Release: As the Largest Oil Companies Continue to Reap Massive Profits, NYPIRG Urges Repeal of $350 Million in Annual Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Help Address New York’s Affordability Crisis

Advocates and Legislators in Syracuse Urge Lawmakers to Protect Historic NY Climate Law

Environmental Groups and Government Watchdogs in Buffalo Urge Lawmakers to “Say No” to the Hochul Administration’s Effort to Gut Climate Law in Budget Negotiations

Climate and community groups join with lawmakers to “Say No” to the Hochul administration’s effort to gut climate law in budget negotiations

Release: As Energy Bills Skyrocket, Sen. Harckham and Advocates Debunk Gov. Hochul's Manufactured Crisis and Faulty Math

NYPIRG and over 300 groups today called on New York lawmakers to include modernization of the state returnable container law (aka “The Bottle Bill”) in the final budget plan.

NYPIRG Statement on the U.S. House of Representatives Passage of the Save America Act

Over 100 organizations, statewide, express collective opposition to alarming trends in New York’s energy policies

NYPIRG applauds U.S. Senator Kirsten Gillibrand’s recent public statement and submitted amicus brief challenging the efforts by the oil industry and its allies to overturn New York’s Climate Superfund law.

Straphangers Campaign Releases Best & Worst Moments in NYC Transit List for 2025

On the two-year anniversary of New York’s “Solid Waste Management Plan,” a broad coalition of over 300 groups today called on Governor Kathy Hochul to include modernization of the state returnable container law (aka “The Bottle Bill”) in her executive budget plan, scheduled to be released next month. The groups say it makes sense for the bill to be in the budget since it would both increase revenue for the state and track one of the recommendations of the state’s “Solid Waste Management Plan.”

VICTORY! NYPIRG’s Statement on Governor Hochul Signing the Bill to End the “100-Foot Rule”

NEWS RELEASE: NYPIRG’s Statement on the House Passage of the SPEED Act (H.R. 4776)

A coalition of community and environmental organizations today released emission data on the air pollution impacts of the use of gas-powered lawn equipment like leaf blowers. State lawmakers, NYPIRG, Environment America and the Clean Quiet Alliance released county-by-county data showing how much climate pollution is created by gas-powered lawn mowers, weed whackers, leaf blowers, chainsaws and other garden equipment. The groups also released information on the dozens of New York localities that have placed restrictions or bans on the use of some gas-powered lawn equipment. Over 100 organizations urged Governor Hochul to act to establish an incentive program to help local governments and landscaping companies shift from gas to battery powered lawn equipment.

NYPIRG’s Statement on Governor Hochul's Delay of the All Electric Buildings Act

NYPIRG NEWS RELEASE: 2025 “Trouble in Toyland” Toy Safety Report Release

NYPIRG Releases PIRG's 40th Annual Trouble In Toyland Report

Bill McKibben, Advocates, Legislators Report $1.2 Trillion in Profits for Big Oil Companies from 2021-2025 Year-to-Date, Call on Governor Hochul to Stop Climate Polluter Handouts in her Executive Budget. As the Largest Oil Companies Continue to Reap Massive Profits, Bill McKibben Joins Lawmakers and NY Advocates Arguing for Repeal of $350 Million in Annual Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Help Address New York’s Affordability Crisis