NYPIRG 45th Anniversary Celebration

New Yorkers need a utility advocate in their corner  (WAMC, August 25, 2025)

Blair Horner discusses the state budget, redistricting, and public health funding on The Capitol Connection  (WAMC, August 21, 2025)

NYPIRG calls on Congress to defend National Environmental Policy Act  (Mid-Hudson News, August 19, 2025)

Good government groups sidelined in NY redistricting dialogue  (Capitol Pressroom, August 19, 2025)

New York's finances get bleaker  (WAMC, August 18, 2025)

Area politicians are reeling in campaign funds from far outside Western New York  (The Buffalo News, August 17, 2025)

Hundreds march over Brooklyn Bridge to oppose pipeline in New York waters  (Brooklyn Daily Eagle, August 14, 2025)

Will Hochul’s focus on redistricting fight distract from state governance?  (City & State, August 11, 2025)

It’s baaaaack! Redistricting returns  (WAMC, August 11, 2025)

Hundreds march across Brooklyn Bridge to protest Staten Island pipeline, other projects  (SILive.com, August 9, 2025)

Big 4 accounting firms contribute millions to NY governors, get billions in business  (The Buffalo News, August 8, 2025)

Good government groups fire back at Hochul over redistricting after she tells them 'politics is a political process'  (Spectrum News 1, August 5, 2025)

The ongoing threat of algal blooms  (WAMC, July 28, 2025)

Students rally for QueensLink project  (Queens Daily Eagle, July 21, 20205)

Budgets are about priorities  (WAMC, July 21, 2025)

Queens residents back turning abandoned railway into transit corridor  (NY1, July 17, 2025)

Late Push for Rockaway Railway Reboot Even as Park Proposal Takes Shape  (The City, July 16, 2025)

Fracking for Wind Farms?  (The Southampton Express, July 15, 2025)

When it comes to hospital care, good care is less expensive than bad  (WAMC, July 14, 2025)

Albany punts on allowing people's court to help tenants  (WAMC, July 7, 2025)

New Yorkers Urge Governor Hochul to Reject Dangerous Gas Pipelines and Nuclear Power Plants Threatening Central NY

NEWS RELEASE: Over 100 Groups Call for Congress to Defend the National Environmental Policy Act

NYPIRG Group Sign-On Letter for the National Environmental Policy Act

NEWS RELEASE: NYPIRG's Statement on the Westerman-Golden SPEED Act

QueensLink Now: A Report from the Next Generation of Riders

Release: Students, Electeds, and Advocates Rally for QueensLink Proposal. Students Share “QueensLink Now” Report, and Deliver Over 1,500 Petition Signatures to Mayor and Governor to Highlight Growing Momentum for QueensLink as an Equitable Transit Solution for Train-Starved Queens

NYPIRG’S REACTION TO GOVERNOR HOCHUL’S NUCLEAR POWER PLAN New Yorkers must not be fooled a third time about the purported benefits of nuclear power. The public should demand that Governor Hochul deliver a full independent public vetting of her latest nuclear power plan. That means allowing the entire state to be part of the discussion, examining the expected costs (including the industry’s history of cost overruns), examining the waste storage requirements (on-site forever?), and examining the full cost impacts both directly and indirectly, such as what New York Power Authority projects will be scrapped in order to fund the building of a new nuclear power facility. The fact that the governor is eyeing new, untested approaches to nuclear power underscore the need for a full, transparent process.

The Albany Money Machine – End Of Session Edition : 176 Campaign Fundraisers Held in the Capital District or by Leadership During 62 Scheduled Session Days

See NYPIRG's 2025 Legislative Review - Tale of the Tape

NYPIRG Statement: The Straphangers Campaign applauds the New York City Department of Transportation's recently unveiled plan to implement center-running bus lanes and pedestrian islands along Flatbush Avenue between Livingston Street and Grand Army Plaza.

With momentum growing in the state legislature to pass a statewide rebate program for purchasing electric lawn equipment, representatives from STIHL, EGO, Milwaukee Tools, Ryobi, The Home Depot, and Ace Hardware joined organizers from NYPIRG, Environment America, and other advocacy groups for an informative day of testing out cleaner, quieter electric lawn equipment. The “Electric Lawn Equipment Demo Day” offered state legislators and their staff, as well local residents, the opportunity to learn about the benefits of going electric.

Marking the 500th day since the Department of Environmental Conservation released its once-in-a-decade “Solid Waste Management Plan,” a coalition of environmental, charities, and small businesses today called on the State Senate and Assembly to pass the Bigger, Better, Bottle Bill (S.5684/A.6543) and the "Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act" (S.1464/A.1749). The groups cited the failure of the state to attack the mounting packaging and beverage container trash crisis as a compelling rationale for legislative action this session. All of the state’s landfills are set to fill up within the next 25 years, but there’s no plan in place to reduce waste and stave off a crisis. The groups urged approval of packaging and bottle bill legislation to help curb New York’s mounting garbage problem.

Reconnecting Queens: Students Lead the Charge for Subway Expansion at QueensLink Town Hall More than 100 students, faculty, and community members gathered at Queens College for a town hall spotlighting the QueensLink proposal — a community-driven plan to transform the defunct Rockaway Beach Branch into a new north-south subway line through Queens. Hosted by NYPIRG, the event featured interactive stations, personal storytelling, and direct engagement with project leaders. With Queens residents facing some of the city's longest and most unreliable commutes, attendees voiced strong support for the plan’s potential to connect transit-starved neighborhoods, slash travel times, and foster sustainable growth. Student organizers emphasized the importance of community voices in shaping transit policy, especially as QueensLink clears key funding hurdles and gains political momentum.

CITING A NEW POLL, ENVIRONMENTALISTS URGE ACTION ON PACKAGING AND "BOTTLE BILL" LEGISLATION A coalition of environmental groups today reacted to a new Siena Poll released today that shows that New York residents overwhelmingly support state policies to reduce single-use plastic packaging in New York. Seventy-three percent think big companies should be required to reduce packaging on their products, as proposed in the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act. And 61% want the beverage container deposit increased from 5 to 10 cents, as proposed in the Bigger Better Bottle Bill.

NEW REPORT SHOWS THAT NY TAXPAYERS COULD SAVE TENS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS IF BIGGER, BETTER, BOTTLE BILL IS PASSED New York’s local governments could save tens of millions of dollars if lawmakers approved legislation to modernize the state’s “Bottle Bill.” That’s according to a new report released by a coalition of environmental, civic, labor and business organizations. The report, produced by the think tank Eunomia, found that the state’s local governments could save as much as $108 million if lawmakers approved the “Bigger Better Bottle Bill,” legislation designed to modernize the four-decade-old law. The state’s Bottle Bill is the law that requires a nickel deposit for certain beverage containers and is redeemed when the consumer brings the container back to the store.

NYPIRG STATEMENT ON THE PRESIDENT’S EXECUTIVE ORDER SEEKING TO OVERTURN NEW YORK’S CLIMATE CHANGE SUPERFUND ACT EXECUTIVE ORDER MEANS A $3 BILLION TAB FOR ALL NEW YORK TAXPAYERS TO SHIELD BIG OIL President Trump yesterday signed an executive order that, among other things, attempts to overturn New York’s landmark Climate Change Superfund Act. The Act was approved to mitigate the costs to state taxpayers resulting from the damage caused by the ongoing climate catastrophe.

AS STATE SENATE PASSES ELECTRIC LAWN EQUIPMENT REBATE BILL WITH BIPARTISAN SUPPORT, 100 GROUPS ENDORSE PROPOSAL

As lawmakers consider the governor’s proposed higher education budget, NYPIRG today released a policy paper, “Promises made, promises broken.” The paper examined higher education policies which undermined the finances of public colleges and colleges in the independent sector.

REPORT AND NEWS RELEASE: Examining Delays in the Small Claims Courts Throughout New York State and Recommendations for Reform

NYPIRG applauds the decision by the New York State Court of Appeals to uphold the constitutionality of the state’s ethics and lobbying law and reject the separation of powers arguments advanced by former Governor Andrew Cuomo.