| | When: 9:30am - 5pm Where: SUNY Purchase 
RSVP today for NYPIRG's Fall 2026 Student Empowerment Conference on Saturday, November 14 at SUNY Purchase! Students from across the state will be convening for a full day of programming and meeting like-minded students from other campuses!
You'll have the opportunity to learn from NYPIRG staff and student leaders about our work to protect the environment, make healthcare more affordable, fix the MTA, support free and fully funded public college, and more! There will also be workshops to develop public speaking and other career and leadership skills. You won't want to miss it!
There's a $15 fee to cover transportation and food, which are all provided. RSVP now to save your spot! We can't wait to see you there! |
| | Where: NYC NYPIRG is proud to partner once again with the NYC Civic Engagement Commission to run Idea Generation Sessions in the 5th cycle of the People's Money, NYC's participatory budgeting initiative where community members choose how to spend a portion of the city's budget.
In these sessions, students will come together to learn about the city's budget, discuss problems their boroughs face, and propose potential solutions. These solution proposals will be developed by borough assemblies in the next phase of the People's Money to be voted on in the spring.
Participate! To find your local NYPIRG People's Money Idea Generation Session, reach out to your NYPIRG chapter.
These idea generation sessions are open to all New Yorkers 11-years-old and up, regardless of immigration status. You can learn more about the People's Money at participate.nyc.gov. |
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Get into the Halloween spirit with NYPIRG! Student volunteers will go door to door in communities all across New York State to collect donations as part of a statewide effort to fight hunger on and off campus. Every year, NYPIRG Trick-or-Eat volunteers collect thousands of items to stock campus and community pantries in advance of the holiday season.
To get involved, contact your local NYPIRG chapter! |
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Hundreds of college students participated in NYPIRG Campaign Kickoff meetings across the state! Students heard from keynote speakers about how students can make a real difference on the most important issues of today. Student leaders shared issue updates and led breakout groups to plan our efforts to support and promote democracy, affordable higher education, environmental protection, consumer justice, public health, hunger awareness, accessible transit, and more.
If you missed your local Kickoff meeting, there's still time to get involved! Reach out to your local NYPIRG chapter, or stop by the NYPIRG 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
NYC College of Technology
Pearl Building, Room 613
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 |
| | Where: Campuses across the state To kickoff the start of our 2026 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: New York City
NYPIRG is proud to once again have partnered with the New York City Civic Engagement Commission to get out the vote for The People's Money, the annual citywide participatory budgeting initiative where community members decide how to spend part of the city’s budget to help their communities thrive. Following up our Participatory Budgeting Idea Generation sessions in fall 2025, students in New York City cast votes to decide which programs and events would be funded in their boroughs.
Thank you to all who participated!
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NYPIRG students joined activists and community members across New York State for our campaign to raise public awareness about energy-hogging data centers!
We cannot allow AI data centers to drive up energy costs, pollute our communities, and intensify the climate crisis. Everywhere we see these facilities pop up, we see energy grids strained and utility prices increase. At a time when we are already facing sky-high energy costs, Governor Hochul is siding with polluters over people — backtracking on New York’s Climate Law and handing corporate “energy hogs” a free pass.
Syracuse — Friday, April 17:
Check out our news release.
Kingston — Tuesday, April 21:
Check out the news release.
New York City — Thursday, April 23:
Check out the news release.
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| | Where: SUNY New Paltz NYPIRG students, community activists, and elected officials came together at SUNY New Paltz for a New York Health Act town hall. Our group of panelists, Mayor Alexandria Wojcik, Elizabeth Cavic, Amy Coconia, Professor Gowri Parameswaran, and New Paltz student Agya Owusu-Fordjour!
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| | Where: NYC NYPIRG Students joined CUNY United Student Senate and coalition partners for the annual March in March: Students, faculty, and staff marched across the Brooklyn Bridge and rallied at City Hall for a stronger CUNY. Students voiced their support for a student-friently state budget including free OMNY cards, expanded opportunity programs, campus infrastucture funding, and more.
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| | Where: Capitol Building, Albany, NY Students from NYPIRG chapters across the state joined hundreds of community members for an emergency rally to 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. Students attended a press conference, marched through the halls of the Capitol Building, and rallied outside the governor's office.
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| | Where: Across the state NYPIRG chapters across the state held Menstrual Product drives to collect menstrual hygiene items that were distributed across campuses and in local communities. In total we collected over 20,000 items.
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| | 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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