NYPIRG 50th Anniversary Celebration Commemorative Video & Event Photos
NYPIRG celebrated 50 years of public interest victories on Friday, October 13, 2023 from 6 to 9 PM at City Winery in Manhattan.
NYPIRG is 50 years old! That’s an incredible testament to the dedication, hard work, and luck that allowed us to meet the half-century mark. It is quite a milestone – which we marked with the October 13, 2023 NYPIRG 50th Anniversary Celebration. The event was a rousing success, and we all had a fantastic time honoring our 2023 Changemaker Award recipients and reconnecting with friends and colleagues from years past.
We are pleased to share these event photos and this commemorative video (produced by Luke Ohlson of 7Cinema) that highlights NYPIRG's decades of tireless work for the public interest. Special thanks to everyone who was a part of this wonderful celebration!
Event Photos
Kathy Hochul must compel big oil to fund NY's work to the address climate crisis (LoHud, December 7, 2023)
Big Oil should pay for the costs of climate change in NYS (Newsday, December 5, 2023)
New York State’s higher education policies are again in the spotlight (WAMC, December 4, 2023)
Shine the light on the judicial nomination process (The Daily Gazette, December 4, 2023)
Lawmakers want oil companies to pay for New York climate projects (Spectrum News, November 30, 2023)
‘Everyone can do something’
SUNY Cortland sophomore accepted to Albany future leader’s program (Cortland Standard, November 30, 2023)
A big issue for the 2024 legislation session (WAMC, November 27, 2023)
They gather up cans and bottles on NY streets for recycling. And they could use a raise (LoHud, November 27, 2023)
WAMC’s David Guistina speaks with NYPIRG's Blair Horner about ethics reform, higher education, and much more. (WAMC, November 23, 2023)
Counties, groups push Hochul for decision on bill to move local elections (Spectrum News, November 23, 2023)
New York’s top court considers redistricting – again (WAMC, November 21, 2023)
2023 Lookback: Budget and Legislative items (ABC News 10, November 22, 2023)
New Yorkers vote (some did anyway) (WAMC, November 13, 2023)
Strengthening ethics in Albany (WAMC, November 7, 2023)
NY hospital safety ranking among worst nationally. Check your local hospital's grade (LoHud, November 7, 2023)
What are New York State's 2023 ballot propositions? Find out (The Daily Gazette, November 2, 2023)
Early voting 2023 has begun (WAMC, October 30, 2023)
Noncompete campaign raises lobbying questions (Albany Times-Union, October 27, 2023)
Hochul dodges questions on who paid for her trip to wartime Israel (Spectrum News, October 26, 2023)
New York lawmakers seek to expand bottle law, including higher deposits (Newsday, October 25, 2023)
NYPIRG and a coalition of environmental organizations and local elected officials today released a review of the climate costs facing New York City and called on Governor Hochul to make the biggest oil companies – not local taxpayers – pay to cover climate damages
NYPIRG Celebrated Its Five Decades of Victories and College Student
Empowerment
Author and Activist Jane Fonda, Community Service Society’s David
Jones, State Senator Liz Krueger, U.S. Sen. Schumer’s State Director
Martin Brennan, and New Deal Strategies’ Camille Rivera
Received NYPIRG's “changemaker” Awards
Climate Superfund News Conferences: Taxpayer Tally of Climate Costs Since 8/2022 is $2.7 Billion
NYPIRG Statement on the Death of Ryan Thoresen Carson
The biblical rains that are devastating parts of the state are fresh evidence that the costs of adapting New York's infrastructure to the world climate’s "new abnormal" will be staggering. Legislation -- approved by the Senate (S.2129A) -- would require the largest oil companies to help pick up the tab and do it in a manner that will stop them from passing the costs on to consumers. Read NYPIRG's statement on downstate's devastating floods.
Advocates and Business call on Governor Hochul and DEC to release grant funds to struggling Bottle Redemption Businesses
Thousands Join March to End Fossil Fuels, Demand Biden Declare Climate Emergency & Phase Out Plan
NYers face hundreds of millions of dollars in climate costs while big oil racks up huge profits, nearly three-quarters of a trillion dollars over past 30 months
NYPIRG 50th Anniversary, Celebrating Five Decades of Victories and College Student Empowerment, Will Be Held on October 13th in NYC – Author and Activist Jane Fonda, Community Service Society's David Jones, State Senator Liz Krueger, U.S. Sen. Schumer's State Director Martin Brennan, and New Deal Strategies' Camille Rivera to Receive NYPIRG's "Changemaker" Awards
New York’s “New Normal” Not Normal at All: Frequent Climate Disasters, Staggering Costs — Governor Hochul Leaves New Yorkers on the Financial Hook for Billions of Dollars in Climate Damages and Extreme Weather Emergency Preparedness While Letting Big Oil off the Hook
NYPIRG Has Updated Its 2023 Legislative Session Review, Including the New York State Assembly Actions
With New York Budget Deficits Growing and Climate Costs Soaring, Will the Assembly Make Big Oil Pick Up the Tab? NYPIRG Urges Assembly to Pass Climate Change Superfund Act
Tale of the Tape: NYPIRG's 2023 Legislative Review – The number of bills that passed in the Senate increased, while that number decreased in the Assembly. The Governor's use of emergency "messages of necessity" continues to move upward.
Congressmen Goldman and Nadler joined with NYS legislators, NYPIRG and other advocates to call on Albany leadership to make corporate climate polluters pay
Video – Disinformation: The Fossil Fuel Industry's Campaign to Undermine New York's Climate Act
VICTORY! NYPIRG Celebrates First in the Nation Law to Electrify New Buildings
Statement: NYPIRG Reacts to Gov Hochul Leaving Climate Change Superfund Out of the Budget
As Albany Negotiates a State Budget, NYC College Students Call for Free and Reduced Price Transit Fares for Education Access
Faith Leaders, Environmentalists, Senators: New York Needs to Show The Nation How to Tackle Climate Catastrophe - Groups Urge Albany Lawmakers to Include Green Power, Big Oil Superfund in Final Budget
NYPIRG REACTS TO ONE-HOUSE BUDGET BILLS – This week, both houses released their "one house" budget bills. Now lawmakers' attention will turn to negotiating differences. Here are key policy areas where NYPIRG has advocated and for which the Governor, the Senate, and the Assembly have established budget positions.