| | When: All day Where: Albany, transportation provided! 
Join NYPIRG and our climate allies as we protect our future, and defend and implement the Climate Leadership & Community Protection Act, which will deliver energy affordability and real climate solutions for New York households. Reserve your spot on the free bus today!
We hope that you can join us! |
| | Where: SUNY Purchase Over 100 students came together on March 7 for NYPIRG’s Spring Statewide Student Empowerment Conference hosted at Purchase College. Students participated in skills workshops, discussed critical issues, and networked with students and NYPIRG staff.
The conference also included a rally and press event where students voiced their support for CUNY and SUNY infrastructure funding to address a recent flood of infrastructure failures at college campuses across the state. The rally featured speakers from the New York state lesgislature, from local government, and from student governments at several NY public college campuses where major infrastructure failures have forced the shutdown of key campus buildings, disrupted class schedules, impacted student dormitories, or pushed some courses temporarily online. After the rally, students had an opportunity to speak directly to journalists and elected officials.
Watch the livestream of the press event on NYPIRG's Instagram, or check out our press release!
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| | Where: Capitol Building, Albany, NY On Wednesday, February 25, more than 300 students, faculty, and staff from campuses across New York State convened in Albany, NY to voice their support for investment in CUNY and SUNY and in financial aid and opportunity programs for all New Yorkers. Students participated in a rally and news conference on the steps of the Capitol Building and met with their elected representatives to share their stories of navigating New York's higher education system. Students learned vital civic skills, while helping our state leaders get a clear picture of how to support New York's colleges towards affordability, accessibility, and student success.
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| | Where: Campuses across the state 
As spring semesters began at campuses across the state, NYPIRG Students raised our voices for social change and civic empowerment. To kickoff the semester, NYPIRG held Student Action Meetings where students of all backgrounds, majors, and walks of life joined together to get involved in efforts to support and promote affordable higher education, environmental protection, consumer justice, public health, hunger awareness, accessible transit, and more.
If you missed the Student Action Meeting, but still want to find out what NYPIRG is up to this semester or get involved, stop by your local office!
Borough of Manhattan Community College
9 Murray Street, Lower Level(212) 349-6460bmcc@nypirg.org
Bronx Community College
Nichols 212(718) 289-5409bronx@nypirg.org
Brooklyn CollegeIngersoll Hall, Room 1433(718) 859-7177brooklyn@nypirg.org
City College of NY
NAC Building, Room 1/120(212) 650-5047citycollege@nypirg.org
College of Staten Island
Campus Center, Room 1C-218(718) 982-3109csi@nypirg.org
Hunter College
East Buliding Room B111(212) 722-4304hunter@nypirg.org
Nassau Community College
College Union, Room 305-6(516) 222-0086nassau@nypirg.org
NYC College of Technology
Pratt Institute
Chapel Hall 007(718) 687-5792pratt@nypirg.org
Purchase College
Campus Center North 1002B(914) 251-6986purchase@nypirg.org
Queens College
Student Union Building, Lower Level, Room 36(718) 997-3954queens@nypirg.org
Queensborough Community College
Student Union Building, Lower Levelqcc@nypirg.org
SUNY Cortland
Corey Union, Room 215(607) 753-4815cortland@nypirg.org
SUNY New Paltz
Student Union Building 322(845) 257-3085newpaltz@nypirg.org
Syracuse University & SUNY ESF
756 S Crouse Ave, FL 2 Frnt Syracuse NY 13210(315) 476-8381syracuse@nypirg.org |
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For decades, the biggest dangers with toys were choking hazards and lead. In the 40th Trouble in Toyland report, we show that while these problems still exist, technological “advances” since the 1980s have created new, often more alarming issues: Toys that are powered by artificial intelligence that say inappropriate things to children, and toys shipped from overseas that too often contain toxic substances.
Students in New York City, Purchase, and New Paltz hosted news conferences to get the word out about dangerous toys before the winter holidays.
Check out the report and our news release. |
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Over 100 student leaders came together on November 15 for NYPIRG’s Fall Statewide Student Empowerment Conference in Purchase, NY. Students participated in skills workshops, discussed critical issues, attended a plenary session panel on the campaign for universal healthcare in New York State, and networked with students and NYPIRG staff from across the state! |
| | NYPIRG students got into the Halloween spirit at our annual Trick-or-Eat Community food drives in neighborhoods across the state. Students collected over twelve thousand non-perishable food items that were donated to school and community food pantries!
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| | NYPIRG partnered with the NYC Civic Engagement Commission to host Idea Generation Sessions for The People’s Money, NYC’s citywide participatory budgeting process.
Through this process, New Yorkers age 11 and up, regardless of immigration status, decide how to spend $4M of city funds on projects in their community. The expense project ideas students submitted at our Idea Generation Sessions will be developed by community borough assemblies, and will be voted on in the spring.
Last year, in the third People’s Money process, New Yorkers voted to fund 20 expense projects for a total of $4M. The projects address a wide range of community needs, including mental health, food safety, youth programming, skills building and arts. To learn more about the process, visit participate.nyc.gov. |
| | To kickoff the start of our 2025 voter registration drive, NYPIRG chapters at campuses across New York State hosted voter registration tables all day to engage students in civic action and register new voters. All in all, we registered more than one thousand student voters in a single day.
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| | Where: City Hall Park in Manhattan New York State officials have agreed to consider reviving long-dead fracked gas pipelines, including Williams’ Constitution and NESE pipelines. NYPIRG joined our coalition partners for a march to protect our state from the oil and gas industry's polluting practices. Their pipelines would pollute our air and water, harm our health, and worsen the climate crisis. Moreover, everyday New Yorkers must not be left paying more for dirty pipelines while fossil fuel comanies reap the profits! |
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