Reports & Features Archive

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.

Release: New York’s Tobacco Control Efforts are “Up In Smoke” Due to Shrinking State Support

Report: Up In Smoke: Billions from Tobacco Use, Pennies for New York’s Tobacco Control

REPORT: Rebuild by Design releases the report “Atlas of Disaster: New York State” that identifies the impacts of recent climate disasters across New York State at the county level, for the years 2011-2021.

Top Big Oil Corporations Announce Record $215 Billion 2022 Profits – New Yorkers Tell Albany Leaders: Make Climate Polluters Pay!

NYPIRG and New Yorkers for Fiscal Fairness Release Policy Paper on Economic Benefits of Higher Education

NYPIRG Reacts to the Governor's 2023-2024 Executive Budget

Statewide Poll Finds New Yorkers Strongly Support “Bottle Bill” Program Expansion 150 Organizations Call on Governor to Include Modernized “Bottle Bill” in Budget

Advocates to Governor Hochul: Make "greedy" oil companies pay for climate damages! In Albany, standing in the shadow of a giant inflatable pig, a coalition of environmentalists called on the governor to make the world’s largest oil companies pay for the staggering infrastructure costs of dealing with climate change. The groups estimated that those costs could total $100 billion in New York over the next decade, with more expenses as the world’s climate worsens.

Ahead of the 2023 State of the State, more than 200 groups released a letter sent to Governor Hochul urging her to make big oil companies, not taxpayers, financially responsible for the growing climate damages facing the state.

Environmental & Climate Groups Urge Governor to Sign Right to Repair Bill

Senior, Consumer, Disability, And Civic Organizations Urge Governor Hochul to Approve the “Grieving Families Act” - Legislation Passed with Overwhelming Bipartisan Majorities, but has Not Yet Been Sent to the Governor

NYPIRG Statement on Climate Action Council’s Approval of Its Scoping Plan

NYPIRG Reacts to Independent Redistricting Commission Proposed Assembly Boundaries

Over 300 New York Environmental, Community Groups, Redemption Centers, Canners, and Faith Groups, Call on Governor Hochul to Modernize NY’s Bottle Bill with a “Bigger Better Bottle Bill”

NYPIRG Applauds Passage of Environmental Bond Act, Urges Gov and Lawmakers to Act on Additional Measures

126 Groups Urge Governor & CAC to Support All-Electric Buildings Start in 2024

UPCOMING EVENTS! Securing Our Future: Saving Social Security from the Chopping Block

Watchdogs Ask New Members of Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government to Reset Expectations about NYS Ethics Oversight Groups’ Recommendations Would Improve Enforcement, Transparency, and Training

Reform groups urge the new state ethics commission to get to work this month

NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign and TransitCenter Release 17th Annual Pokey and Schleppie Awards on Bus Performance

Governor Approves Three Steps Toward Meeting Goals of Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act (CLCPA) NYPIRG Applauds Move and Urges Governor to Sign Cryptocurrency Moratorium Act, and Include All-Electric Building Act and EV Car Charging Station Expansion Bill in 2023 Executive Budget

Policy Close Up: Climate Scorecard 2022

NYPIRG Submits 2022 Climate Action Council Draft Scoping Plan Comments

NYPIRG Releases “Albany Money Machine” Albany Fundraising Fires up, Despite Pandemic 137 Fundraisers in Albany, or Virtual, or by Leadership During 2022 New “Normal” a Lot Like the Old One

Straphangers Campaign Hosts Bus Lane Painting Party — Celebrate Plans for 20 Miles of New Bus Lanes in 2022

State Court Rules DEC Can Deny Permit on Danskammer Fracked Gas Power Plant as It Undermines NYS's Climate Law

NEW! NYPIRG's updated Legislative Profiles offer New Yorkers a “one-stop” opportunity to conveniently examine publicly-available information on their state legislators.

Tale of the Tape: NYPIRG’S 2022 Legislative Review Number of Bills that Passed Both Houses Increased
Governor's Use of Emergency "Messages of Necessity" Jumps

NYPIRG reacts to the environmental actions of the 2022 session. The State Legislature passed three major bills in the last days of session which place New York in the national forefront on energy efficient standards, expansion of geothermal renewable energy, union just transition, and hit the appropriate pause button on cryptocurrency mining.

VICTORY! News Release: NYPIRG Celebrates Passage of Right to Repair Bill by NYS Legislature

Release: Mayday Distress Signal for Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act Without Passage of All-Electric Buildings Act this Session

NYPIRG and over 50 other environmental and community organizations call on Governor Hochul and state legislative leaders to make the climate polluters pay. NYPIRG also joined state Senator Krueger and Assemblymember Dinowitz calling for the oil, gas, and coal industries to be held financially liable for the costs of global warming

*UPDATE: NYPIRG will be working with Donald Ross’ family and friends to organize an event celebrating his life. We are planning on the event occurring sometime in the early fall.

NYPIRG, Statewide Groups and Legislators Hold 40th Birthday Party for the “Bottle Bill” Advocates Call on State Legislature to Pass Bill This Session to Expand and Modernize NY’s Most Successful Recycling and Extended Producer Responsibility Law

Donald Ross, 1943-2022 – We are saddened by the loss of Donald Ross, our first executive director and a lifelong, visionary champion for the public interest.

NYPIRG joined with lawmakers and families who have lost loved ones due to others' negligence to urge New York to modernize its Wrongful Death Law. NYPIRG also released results of its survey of state Wrongful Death Laws showing New York at the bottom in terms of recognizing family losses

NYPIRG joined with lawmakers and consumer, health, and food safety organizations to urge passage of legislation to blunt the growing threat of antibiotics resistant infections (aka "superbugs").

217 Groups Call on Legislature to Pass Climate Justice CLCPA Building Bills for Earth Week

NYPIRG calls higher education budget a step forward, but much more needs to be done.

NEW! Fossil-Free Future Campaign: Help Make New York State a Leader in the Fight to Combat Climate Change

NYPIRG Reacts to the Process of State Budget-Making as Well as Democracy Reforms Contained Within the Budget Agreement

Energy & Environment Wins & Losses in 2022 State Budget

Civic Groups Decry Failure of Governor and Legislature to Create Credible Ethics Oversight Body Reported Budget Agreement Would Lock in JCOPE’s Fatal Flaw: Lack of Independence From the Electeds It Is Supposed to Regulate

Civic Organizations Today Urged Opposition to a Reported Ethics Reform Plan The Groups Cited a Report From the Albany Times Union Which Described a Plan That Would Establish a New Ethics Watchdog Still Controlled by Political Insiders.

NYPIRG and Other Reform Organizations Today Responded to Reports of Renewed Negotiations Over State Ethics in This Year’s State Budget The Groups Called on the Governor and State Legislature to Create an Independent Commission to Replace the Failed

Over 160 Environmental and Community Organizations, Recycling Businesses Oppose Extended Producer Responsibility Legislation in the State Budget – Call for Stronger Packaging Legislation and Expansion of Bottle Bill

NYPIRG Announces New Staff

Reactions to Governor Hochul’s FY 2022-2023 Executive Budget

Seventy-five Bottle Redemption Businesses and Distributors Call on Governor Hochul to Expand and Modernize NY's Bottle Deposit Law

Reactions to Governor Hochul's State of the State

Students Petition Gov Hochul for Student Friendly Executive Budget

News Release: Students Petition Gov Hochul for Student Friendly Executive Budget

NYPIRG Applauds, Criticizes, Gov Hochul’s Approvals and Veto Of Environmental Legislation

New Yorkers Call For an End to Fossil Fuel Subsidies

NYPIRG and over 100 groups call on Gov Hochul to modernize NYS's soon-to-be-40 year old bottle bill.

VICTORY! Danskammer and Astoria Power Plant Permits Denied

Straphangers Campaign Petition to Transform Transit

News Release: NYPIRG Applauds NYS DEC Decisions to Deny Danskammer and Astoria Power Plant Permits

"Vote Yes on the Back" Factsheet: 2021 New York State Constitutional Amendment Ballot Questions

NY Congress Members Urge Speaker Pelosi to Make Polluters Pay for Climate Destruction Costs

NYPIRG Statement on Release of Draft Permit Renewal for The Greenidge Bitcoin Mining Facility

Upstate New York Likely to Lose Representation in Congressional Delegation and State Senate If New Maps Reflect Changes in Population

NYPIRG Statement on the August 2021 report released by the United Nations Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change

Release: Leading Climate & Social Justice Organizations Rally Around Make Polluters Pay Plan

Letter: Leading Climate & Social Justice Organizations Rally Around Make Polluters Pay Plan

NYPIRG Calls for Creation of Public Dashboard to Measure Progress Toward New York’s Climate Goals

Letter to DEC: NYPIRG Calls for Clear and Accessible Public Reporting on Climate Progress

Policy Close Up: Climate Scorecard 2021

Tale of the Tape: NYPIRG’s 2021 Legislative Review

Environmental groups call for a moratorium on the operation of cryptocurrency mining centers

NYPIRG Statement on Passage of Legislation to Ensure All New Yorkers Have Testing for Dangerous Unregulated Contaminants

Senior, Consumer, Disability, and Civic Organizations Urge Passage of Grieving Families Act Groups Urge Modernization of NY’s Pre-Civil War Wrongful Death Statute

On Eve Of 50th Anniversary Of NY's Approval Of The 26th Amendment, NYPIRG and120+ College Groups Urge Lawmakers To Approve Legislation Placing Polling Places On Colleges

NYPIRG joined with four dozen public health, consumer, and animal welfare groups to urge Governor Cuomo and the legislative leaders to act to improve protections against the rise of antibiotic-resistant "superbugs" that originate from farms and food.

Council Members, Climate Activists New York City Council to Enact Gas Free NYC Bill to Reduce Air Pollution and Create Green Jobs

NYPIRG Reacts to Closure of Indian Point Nuclear Power Plant

NYPIRG Reacts to President Biden's Free Community College Proposal

NYPIRG reacts to Census reapportionment numbers - NY will lose one seat in the U.S. House of Representatives

NYPIRG and other watchdog organizations call for hearings into scandals and failures of ethics oversight

Groups respond to NYC carbon-neutral pathways report and call for gas ban on new construction

Advocacy Groups and NYC Council Members Announce Campaign to Ban Gas in New Construction

2021 State Budget Reaction

NYS Legislature Passes First Step in Fight Against “Superbugs”; NYPIRG Urges Lawmakers to “Finish the Job” and Tackle the Growth of “Superbugs” in Agriculture

Civic Groups urge the New York City Board of Elections to reinstate its public comment period

NYPIRG and New York's leading civic organizations call for an overhaul in ethics enforcement. The coalition urges that the Joint Commission on Public Ethics (JCOPE) be replaced and a new independent ethics watchdog be created.

Statement on New Information Regarding PFAs Incineration at Norlite Plant in Cohoes

NYPIRG Reacts to Final Count in Congressional District 22 Race – Stunning Failures in Elections Administration Must be Investigated and Reforms Advanced to Restore Voter Confidence

Report: NYPIRG releases review of community college tuition policies

News Release: NYPIRG releases review of community college tuition policies

Statement on Climate Action Council Energy Efficiency and Housing Advisory Panel Recommendations

Statement on Mayor Bill de Blasio Announcement to Ban New Fossil Fuel Hookups in New York City

U.S. PIRG report reveals critical shortages of nurses, aides and clinical staff in nursing homes

Social Justice, Environmental Organizations Applaud Governor Cuomo’s Proposal to Ban Water Shut-Offs During States of Emergency

NYPIRG Reacts To Governor Cuomo's Budget Proposal

NYPIRG Reacts to Governor's 4th 2021 State of the State Address on NYS Infrastructure Needs

NYPIRG Reacts to Governor's State of the State Environmental Plans and Priorities

Youth, Climate, and Environmental Organizations Respond to Governor Cuomo’s Environment State of the State Address

NYPIRG Reacts to Governor’s First Installment of His 2021 State of the State Address

NYPIRG and other civic organizations called on the Legislature to enact new rules to allow greater public participation and further empower rank-and-file legislators no matter which political party

NYPIRG and dozens of other civic organizations urge lawmakers to keep revenues from the Stock Transfer Tax in order to avert deep state cuts to environmental, health care, and higher education programs

150+ organizations call for end of fossil fuel subsidies

Release: Coalition Releases Analysis Finding Road Spreading of oil and gas waste ongoing

Factsheet: Analysis Uncovers Ongoing Oil and Gas Waste Road Spreading

Reformers Urge Courts To Reverse Decision That Takes Competent Judges Off The Bench

NYPIRG Statement on Legislation Banning Burning of Toxic Firefighting Foam in Cohoes Becoming Law

NYPIRG Student Voter Helpline Finds Some Confusion, Fewer Problems

NYPIRG to Open Statewide Student Voter Helpline on Nov 3

Make Polluters Pay Event With New York Attorney General Letitia James (Video)

New Yorkers Guide to Fight Plastic Pollution - A Toolkit for Action

Release: NYPIRG Publishes “New Yorkers Guide to Fight Plastic Pollution” as New York Begins Enforcement of its Plastic Bag Ban

Release: 166 groups call on Albany to protect higher education funding

Statement on decision to sign Albany County Air Act in law

NYPIRG urges Gov to fully fund elections in NY

News Release: NYPIRG Releases Report Showing That New York Has Collected Over $40 Billion From Tobacco Companies

Report: Falling Short — New York’s Tobacco Control Program and the Need for More Support

NYPIRG Applauds NY's Decision to Close Fracking Waste Loophole

Report: Shop Smart or Pay More — A Guide To Prescription Drug Pricing in New York

News Release: NYPIRG Urges State Lawmakers to Review and Improve Drug Pricing Program

NYPIRG submits comments to Assembly and Senate on the state's oversight of the quality of care in New York nursing homes and hospitals.

Tale of the Tape: NYPIRG’s 2020 Legislative Review

NYPIRG Announces Gene Russianoff Retires

NYPIRG Applauds Passage of Bill Closing Fracking Waste Loophole

Report: The Case for Closing the Fracking Waste Loophole

100+ Organizations Urge Cuomo to Ban PFAS Burning in Cohoes

Release: 100+ Organizations Urge Cuomo to Ban PFAS Burning in Cohoes

Reform Groups Have Urged The Governor And The Legislative Leaders To Curtail Governor's Emergency Powers And Reconvene The Session To Do The People's Work

Group statement on NY Legislature increasing police transparency by repealing Civil Rights Law 50-a

Bus Turnaround Coalition releases emergency busways and bus lanes letter to Mayor de Blasio

NYPIRG Joins Over 50 Organizations in Calling for New York to Reclaim the Stock Transfer Tax

Rock the Absentee: Vote by mail for Primary Election Day 6/23

NYPIRG Applauds New York's Decision to Reject the Williams Pipeline

NYPIRG Statement on NY Attorney General's Lawsuit on the EPA Dirty Water Rule

NYPIRG Urges Governor Cuomo and Lawmakers to Return to Session and Act on Key Issues

More Than 70 Organizations Call for Moratorium on Water Shutoffs

NYPIRG Statement on State Environmental Budget

Letter: Good Government Groups Call for Postponement of April Primary

NYPIRG Urges Governor Cuomo and Lawmakers to Invest in Higher Education, Releases Policy Paper

Reformers Urge Government to Adopt New Measures to Do The People's Business

Local Elected Officials Call for Increased Water Funding

Policy Paper - Higher Education and Its Eroding Affordability Over the Decade

NYPIRG and Other Organizations Call for Water Infrastructure Funding

Organizations Urge Polluters to Pay for Bond Act

Letter to Climate Action Council Calling for Climate Report Card

Civic Organizations Unveil New Website in Push to Get Albany to Support New, Independent Ethics Watchdog

Release: NYPIRG, along with legislators and consumer, public health and environmental organizations call for protections against antibiotic-resistant "Superbugs"

NYPIRG and other organizations release letter calling for plastic bag regulations to follow the intent of the law

Release: Report Shows What New Yorkers Are Trying to Fix, Underscores Need for "Right to Repair"

Report: What Are New Yorkers Fixing?

Report: NYPIRG releases review of federal data on the quality of medical care at New York State hospitals

News Release: NYPIRG releases review of federal data on the quality of medical care at New York State hospitals

Letter Calling for New Construction to be Electric

NYPIRG Statement on Announcement From Governor Cuomo to Release Proposal to Ban Polystyrene

40 Groups Urge NJ/NY Port Authority to Ditch Single Use Water Bottles

NYPIRG Releases 34th Annual Trouble in Toyland report

Sick, Scared & Separated From Loved Ones 2019: Report on Visitor Policies at 40 NYS Hospitals

NYPIRG Releases Report on Visitor Policies at 40 Hospitals Across NYS

News Release: NYPIRG Urges Greater Access to Early Voting Sites

Report - Chain Reaction V: How Top Restaurants Rate on Reducing Antibiotic Use in Their Beef Supplies

News Release: Most Fast Food Chains Get Poor Grades for Overuse of Antibiotics in Beef

NYPIRG Analysis: NY Students Pay $2.5 Billion More in Tuition Since 2011

NYPIRG and Good Government Groups Issue Recommendations to the Public Campaign Financing Commission

Capital Investments: A Look at The 2018 New York State Legislative Elections

NYPIRG and civic groups urge NY Commission on Public Financing to focus on the task at hand; in 3 months establishing a new system of campaign financing.

Straphangers Campaign and TransitCenter Release 2019 Pokey and Schleppie "Awards" for Slowest Buses

NYPIRG Statement Applauding Signature of Climate Legislation

NYPIRG statement on proposed PFOA, PFOS, 1,4-dioxane MCLs

Tale of the Tape: NYPIRG's 2019 Legislative Review

NYPIRG Statement on Climate Legislation

NYPIRG Analysis of NY Climate Leadership and Protection Act

Albany Money Machine 2019

NYPIRG leads effort to respond to growing threat posed by antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Joins with state lawmakers, health and environmental groups, and medical professionals to curb overuse and misuse of antibiotics

News Release: New NYPIRG Report Reveals Prevalence of Emerging Contaminants in New York Drinking Water Supplies

Report: What's in My Water? Emerging Contaminants in New York's Drinking Water Systems

NYPIRG Statement on Rejection of Water Permit for Williams Northeast Supply Enhancement Project

Civic Organizations Release 50-state Review of States' Ethics Boards

NYPIRG Statement on State Environmental Budget

Release: Albany Money Machine 2019

NYPIRG Reviews Governor, Senate and Assembly Budget Plans on Key Issues

News Release: Organizations Respond to One-House Budgets on Water Infrastructure Spending

Letter: Organizations Support Bottle Deposit Law Expansion

Students Deliver 4,500 Petitions Calling for Increased Water Funds in State Budget

NYPIRG Statement on H.R. 1 Passage and Calls for State Law for Small Donor Public Financing of Campaigns

Letter: Organizations call for increased water infrastructure funding

Policy Paper: NYPIRG examines impact of plastic pollution and proposed legislation to ban single use plastic bags

New York's Highest-in-the-Nation Contribution Limits Go Up
Donors Can Now Contribute Nearly $70,000 to Governor

New Report: 20 Years of The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement And the Failure To Adequately Fund Tobacco Control in New York

News Release: 20 Years of The Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement And the Failure To Adequately Fund Tobacco Control in New York

NYPIRG Statement Applauding Governor Cuomo's Approval of Voting Reforms

Governor's Budget Responds to New Yorkers' "Pent-Up Demands" For Action

NYPIRG reacts to Governor Cuomo's plan to ban plastic bags and expand the bottle return law

NYPIRG and civic groups urge legislative reforms

NYPIRG and coalition urge approval of new ethics reform plan

Despite New Limits on Legislators' "Moonlighting" In Pay Raise Deal, Albany's Reform Agenda Is Far from Finished

NYPIRG Announces Liz Moran As Its New Environmental Policy Director

Report: Outside Income and Conflict of Interest in Albany

2018 Trouble In Toyland Report

Release: NYPIRG Unveils 33rd Trouble In Toyland Report

State Lawmakers Ranked Third Highest Paid in the Nation, Overwhelming Number of State Lawmakers Report No, or Little, Outside Income

10 Common Sense Steps to Better Elections in New York State

New York Sees Decade-High Voter Turnout for Gubernatorial Election

Analysis of NY Voting Trends Shows Huge Drop-Off in NYC Voting In Gubernatorial Elections

New State Board of Elections Data Shows Widening Gap Between Democrats and Republicans

NYPIRG's Statement on America's Water Infrastructure Act of 2018

Statement Regarding NY Attorney General's Lawsuit Against ExxonMobil

NYPIRG Statement on Ongoing Failure of NYS Drinking Water Quality Council to Release Toxic Chemical Regulations

Statement on City's Inactive Voters Mailing

NYPIRG Releases Government Data Listing Water Systems with Elevated Levels of Contaminants in Drinking Water Supplies - Urges Strict Regulation of 1,4-Dioxane and PFOA, PFOS

A Guide To Prescription Drug Pricing In New York

NYPIRG Survey Finds Large Differences In Prescription Drug Prices Among New York State Pharmacies

NYPIRG Releases Safer School Supplies Guide

Back to School: Avoid Toxics in School Supplies

Read Our Recommendations to the 2018 NYC Charter Revision Commission

Release: Over 100 Groups Support AG's Continued Probe of ExxonMobil

NYPIRG Straphangers Campaign and TransitCenter release "Pokey" and "Schleppie" awards for slowest, most unreliable buses

Albany Money Machine 2018

NYPIRG's 2018 Legislative Review

NYPIRG Legislative Profiles 2018

As End of Legislative Session Draws Near, NYPIRG and Other Civic Organizations Call for Overhaul of Ethics Enforcement to Restore Public Trust in Government

NYPIRG Updates Interactive Drinking Water Website, ID's NY Airports as PFOS Hotbeds

NYPIRG Counts Down 10 Steps to Green NY: Ban Plastic Bags

NYPIRG Responds to Governor Cuomo's Energy Efficiency Announcement

NYPIRG Counts Down 10 Steps to Green NY: Reduce Food Waste

10 Steps to Green NY: Over 100 Groups Call on Gov to Lead Nation on Energy Efficiency

NYPIRG Counts Down 10 Steps to Green NY: Stop All Fossil Fuel Infrastructure Expansion

New York's leading civic organizations call for action to respond to the state's corruption crises.

Roadmap to Reform

NYPIRG Counts Down 10 Steps to Green NY: Say No To Nukes

NYPIRG Counts Down 10 Steps to Green NY: Speed Up Wind Power Development

NYPIRG Counts Down 10 Steps to Green NY: Fully Implement Diesel Emissions Reduction Act

NYPIRG Counts Down 10 Steps to Green NY: Pick Up the Solar Slack

NYPIRG Counts Down 10 Steps to Green NY: Ban Fossil Fuel Cars

NYPIRG Policy Close Up: 100% Electric Cars

NYPIRG and 185 groups across New York urge plastic bag ban

NYPIRG and other leading civic organizations respond to the important ethics issues raised during the Joseph Percoco trial, which went to the jury today.

Policy Paper: NYPIRG Examines New York State's Tobacco Control Program

NYPIRG Reviews Doctor Population In NYS

News Release: NYPIRG urges Governor Cuomo to include plastic bag law in 30 day budget amendments

Policy paper: NYPIRG examines the negative environmental impacts of plastic bag use

Report: Sick, Scared, and Separated from Loved Ones III

News Release: Sick, Scared, and Separated from Loved Ones III

News Release: As Percoco trial begins, Reformers call for strong anti-corruption measures

NYPIRG Statement on NYC Climate Damages Suit and Fossil Fuel Divestment

Sick, Scared, and Separated from Loved Ones II: Hospital Visitation Progress and Problems

Sick, Scared, and Separated from Loved Ones: Hospital Visitation Policy Report

News Release: Watchdog Groups Unveil "roadmap" to Curbing Corruption In New York, Kicking Off Their Restore Public Trust Campaign

Letter: Watchdog Groups Call for "Restore Public Trust" Reforms in Albany

News Release: Nearly 1.8 Million New Yorkers Without Full Representation

NYPIRG Statement on Governor's SUNY and CUNY MOE Veto

Trouble In Toyland: Report finds Dangerous & Toxic Toys Locally

News Release: NYPIRG's 32nd Trouble In Toyland Report Released

NYPIRG Statement on Clean Power Plan Repeal

Read Our Voters Guide to the Proposed 2017 Ballot Questions

Tale of the Tape: NYPIRG 2017 Legislative Review

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"

Watchdog Groups Call on Senate and Assembly Leaders to Hold Emergency Oversight Hearing On Allegations of Historic Bid-Rigging Scandals and Clean Contracting Reforms

NYPIRG Report: Still At Risk - Tobacco Marketing Around Brooklyn Schools

Still At Risk - Tobacco Marketing Around Brooklyn Schools (News Release)

NYPIRG's 2016 Legislative Review & Release of "Legislative Profiles"

Turnaround: Fixing New York City's Buses (Report)

Turnaround: Fixing New York City's Buses (News Release)

NYPIRG Statement on US Senate Vote on GMO Bill

Gov't Reform Groups Call for Corruption-Busting Reform Package Now

Albany Money Machine 2016 (PDF)

Support the Clean Energy Revolution

NYPIRG Statement on Primary Election Voting Irregularities

SUNY & CUNY STUDENTS WIN MAJOR VICTORY AGAINST TUITION HIKES

Release: 350+ Student Groups Sign Freeze Tuition Letter to Albany

REFORMERS CALL ON GOVERNOR, LEGISLATIVE LEADERS TO HOLD PUBLIC LEADERS' MEETINGS TO OPENLY ADDRESS STATE ETHICS REFORM

Students drop off 28,000 petition signatures calling for tuition freeze to Governor Cuomo!

NYPIRG REACTION TO SENATOR SKELOS'S CONVICTION

NYPIRG Statement on Conviction of former Assemblyman Silver

NYPIRG releases 30th annual Trouble In Toyland report

NYPIRG Applauds Governor Cuomo's Decision to Protect Local Community and Environment by Vetoing Port Ambrose

NYPIRG joins call to ban microbeads in New York City

Adverse Adverts: Tobacco Marketing Around Brooklyn Schools

REFORMERS: DRAMATICALLY RESTRICT LAWMAKERS' OUTSIDE INCOME; FOLLOW CONGRESSIONAL SYSTEM (report)

REFORMERS: DRAMATICALLY RESTRICT LAWMAKERS' OUTSIDE INCOME; FOLLOW CONGRESSIONAL SYSTEM (news release)

Watchdog Groups Call for Greater Accountability and Transparency for Business Subsidies

Students, faculty urge Governor Cuomo to approve bipartisan legislation supporting SUNY and CUNY

TALE OF THE TAPE: NYPIRG 2015 LEGISLATIVE REVIEW

New Report & Guide for New Yorkers:
Energy Crossroads
New York State's
"Reforming the Energy Vision"
COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE
MODERNIZING THE POWER GRID
KEEPING RATES AFFORDABLE

Transparency Groups Praise Senate's Passage of "Faster FOIL" Bill

ALBANY MONEY MACHINE 2015: FLAG DAY EDITION
RENT REFORM?, 421a CHANGES?, ETHICS-NOPE, BUT ...
AT LEAST 173 FUNDRAISERS IN ALBANY AND BY LEADERSHIP SINCE JANUARY

NYPIRG URGES STATE BOE REVIEW OF LLC "DARK MONEY"

NYPIRG Statement on Final Fracking SGEIS

Reformers Call for Closing LLC Loophole

Reformers Urge Independent Review of Ethics Watchdogs

Consumer Advocates Oppose Governor's Plan to Defund Doctor Profiles

NYPIRG Applauds NYC Agreement on Credit Checks Ban for Employment

Albany Money Machine 2015: St. Patrick's Day Edition

NYPIRG Testimony for the 2015-2016 State Budget

New York community college students could win big under President's new plan

Victory! NYPIRG strongly applauds the decision to ban fracking in New York State!

Carolers Call on Mayor and City Council to End Credit Discrimination in Employment

DRILLING DOWN: Local Fracking Decisions Highlight Failures in New York's Municipal Ethics Laws

Modernize financial aid! NYPIRG's testimony to the NYS Assembly Higher Education Committee on the Tuition Assistance Program (TAP) and the NYS DREAM Act

500 student groups send letter to the Governor urging action on the NYS DREAM Act!

2014 Voters Guide to the proposed changes to the NYS constitution and bond act proposal

The Doctor is IN: New York State's Increasing Number of Practicing Physicians

NYPIRG Applauds NYC Comptroller's Stringent "CLAIMSTAT" Initiative

Casino Interests Pump At Least $11 Million into NY Lobbying and Campaign Donations

NYPIRG 2014 Session Analysis

Students commend Mayor and City Council for prioritizing increased funding for CUNY

CAN THE PLAN: How the 2012 Redistricting Deal Denies New Yorkers Fair Representation

ALBANY MONEY MACHINE 2014: Flag Day Edition "Showing the State Capitol'sTrue Colors" (Green, it turns out)

RUSH TO JUDGMENT The New York State Board of Elections' Hasty Decision To Repeal Enforcement of State Law

FOOD FIGHTS: An Analysis of Political Spending in 2013 by Opponents and Supporters of GMO Labeling Legislation in New York

Report: Biodiesel Blending in Heating Oil, A Smart Choice for New York

NY groups oppose federal plans to bail out garbage incinerators with clean energy funds

QUESTIONABLE DOCTORS: Negligent Doctors and the Failure of New York State to Notify Patients

Analysis: Top NY Auto Insurers Charge Higher Rates to HS Grads and Blue Collar Workers

Analysis: 170 Campaign Contributors $50,000 or More in 2013

RISING FROM THE ASHES: Big Tobacco's Growing Political Clout in New York

Analysis: 170 Campaign Contributors Donated $50,000 or More in 2013