Alumni

Dear Friends,

Thanks to you, our recent alumni events have been great successes, and it has been wonderful to see you and be in touch. Thank you so much for your generous support along the way!

NYPIRG continues to drive public attention to the key issues of the day and have a real and positive impact on policy — from environmental protection, to consumer rights, to higher education affordability, to government accountability, and so much more.

Of course, for all of this, the support of our alumni and friends is crucial. Now more than ever, we need your assistance as we grow NYPIRG bigger and better. Please make your vital, tax-deductible contribution today to help us keep fighting and winning.

We will keep you informed of upcoming events and opportunities to get involved, and we hope to see you soon.

Thanks again, from all of us at NYPIRG!
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NYPIRG in the News
The 2026 legislative session staffers to a close  (WAMC, June 9, 2026)
New York Legislature wraps up 'least productive' session in years  (Yahoo News, June 9, 2026)
New York Lawmakers Pass One-Year Permitting Ban for New Data Centers  (Industrial Info Resources, June 8, 2026)
NY sends repairability labeling bill to governor  (Resource Recycling, June 8, 2026)
New York lawmakers return home after least productive year of Hochul era  (WXXI, June 8, 2026)
New York lawmakers head home after least productive year of Hochul era  (Gothamist, June 7, 2026)
N.Y. state lawmakers leave Albany having passed least amount of bills in years  (Staten Island Advance, June 7, 2026)
N.Y. Lawmakers Move to Pause Data Centers and Curb Surveillance Pricing  (The New York Times, June 6, 2026)
Legislature passes bills increasing penalties on sex buyers of minors, restricting kids' online AI activity  (NY State of Politics, June 5, 2026)
Consumer Alert: NY lawmakers could double the bottle deposit and expand which drinks are covered under state law  (News 10 Rochester, June 2, 2026)
Tension remains after budget signed into law  (ABC News 10, May 31, 2026)
Could this year’s state budget blues prompt the N.Y. Legislature to act?  (Spectrum News, May 27, 2026)
New York Public Interest Research Group discusses push to update bottle recycling law  (Spectrum News, May 27, 2026)
Summer fun and recycling  (WAMC, May 26, 2026)
Mr. Met, egg creams and more: Outer boroughs get their day in Albany  (Gothamist, May 21, 2026)
Queens College Hosts Transit Town Hall  (Queens Gazette, May 21, 2026)
Mobile sports gambling operators DraftKings, FanDuel place their bets in NYS races  (Newsday, May 18, 2026)
The Save America Act sounds like it protects the U.S. voting process, but critics say it has an ulterior motive.  (WAER, May 15, 2026)
Albany starts wrapping up the state budget; is redistricting next up?  (WAMC, March 13, 2026)
Despite blowup between Hochul, state leaders, work on the budget grinds on  (Newsday, May 11, 2026)
News Archive
Reports & Features
Tale of the Tape: NYPIRG’s 2026 Legislative Review - Fewest Bills Passed, Outside Of Covid Year, Since Democrats Took Control Of The Legislature In 2019
Statement: NYPIRG Applauds Passage of Data Center Moratorium in Legislature
NYPIRG Statement on Mayor Mamdani's Executive Budget
Release: Review of Big Oil’s Financial Statement Shows Well Over $1.3 Trillion In Profits for Calendar Years 2021 Through The First Quarter Of 2026. NYPIRG Urges Repeal of $350 Million in Annual Fossil Fuel Subsidies to Help Address New York’s Affordability Crisis
NYPIRG highlights transit affordability and infrastructure in testimony before the New York City Council Committees on Transportation and Infrastructure and General Welfare
Statewide 'Energy Hog' Bus Tour Targeting Power-Hungry Data Centers Makes Final Stop in New York City
NYPIRG Statement on NYCEDC $7 Million Investment in CUNY to Develop Green Workforce
Statewide 'Energy Hog' Bus Tour Stops in Kingston
Statewide 'Energy Hog' Bus Tour Targeting Power-hungry Data Centers Trots through Syracuse - Community Groups, Advocates, and Students urge Hochul to Curb Energy-Intensive Infrastructure and Uphold State Climate Law
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.
Reports & Features Archive