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! 

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.

This November, New York voters will choose the next Governor, US Representatives, State Senators, State Assembly Members, and more! Students with NYPIRG are contacting thousands of their peers to help them make a plan to turn out to the polls this election.

For many first-time voters, showing up to the polls can be daunting.  Students with NYPIRG are demystifying the process by walking their peers through step by step instructions to make a plan to vote: helping them look up their poll site, helping them think through their plan to get to the polls, and making sure that students make a firm commitment to make their voices heard in the 2026 midterms.

Make a plan to vote! Look up your poll site and view a sample ballot at voterlookup.elections.ny.gov or findmypollsite.vote.nyc in NYC. To cast your ballot you have three options:

1. Vote early in person: Early voting is open Saturday October 24th through Sunday November 1st. Look up your poll site online to see the hours for early voting.
2. Vote in person on Election Day: Election Day is Tuesday November 3rd! Look up your election day poll site to make a plan to vote. On Election Day the polls are open from 6am to 9pm.
3. Vote by mail: Request your mail-in ballot by Saturday October 24th. Drop off your filled ballot at a poll site, at the Board of Elections by Election Day, or turn it in by mail (post-marked on or before Election Day).

If you have questions about voting, or to volunteer getting out the student vote, contact your local NYPIRG office!

NYPIRG's voter engagement activities are strictly non-partisan.

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!

We're registering thousands of students to vote this election! In the 2022 midterm election, just 20.7% of youth (ages 18-29) turned out at the polls.  This year, we're working to increase that number.

This November, New York will be voting for the next Governor, Lieutentant Governor, state and federal representatives, and more.  Students with NYPIRG are registering thousands of their peers vote before the October 24th deadline so that students can make their voices heard.

Take action! Check your voter registration at https://voterlookup.elections.ny.gov/. Stop by your local NYPIRG office to register to vote, or to sign up to volunteer in our voter registration drive!

NYPIRG's voter registration activities are strictly non-partisan.

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.

9 Murray Street, Lower Level
(212) 349-6460
bmcc@nypirg.org

Nichols 212
(718) 289-5409
bronx@nypirg.org

Brooklyn College
Ingersoll Hall, Room 1433
(718) 859-7177
brooklyn@nypirg.org

City College of NY
NAC Building, Room 1/120
(212) 650-5047
citycollege@nypirg.org

East Buliding Room B111
(212) 722-4304
hunter@nypirg.org

(718) 260-5045
citytech@nypirg.org

Chapel Hall 007
(718) 687-5792
pratt@nypirg.org

Campus Center North 1002B
(914) 251-6986
purchase@nypirg.org

Student Union Building, Lower Level, Room 36
(718) 997-3954
queens@nypirg.org

Student Union Building, Lower Level
qcc@nypirg.org

Corey Union, Room 215
(607) 753-4815
cortland@nypirg.org

Student Union Building 322
(845) 257-3085
newpaltz@nypirg.org

756 S Crouse Ave, FL 2 Frnt Syracuse NY 13210
(315) 476-8381
syracuse@nypirg.org

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.