| | When: July 25th at 1pm Where: 219 McKibbin St, Brooklyn, NY 11206 
NYPIRG visited Sure We Can, a recycling center and sustainability hub in Brooklyn. Sure We Can aims to bring community members together through recycling, composting, gardening, and the arts. We took a tour of their facilities to learn about recycling and sustainability, and how students who would like more hands-on experiences can get involved with volunteer opportunities.
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| | When: Wednesday's at 2pm Where: Google Meet RSVP HERE to join us for our summer weekly chapter meetings!
We will disuss ways to get involved, including joining us for summer activities such as beach clean ups, scavenger hunts, voter registration events, plans for the upcoming fall semester and more! |
| | Hundreds of New Yorkers Joined the Climate Accountability Town Hall on July 18th!
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NYPIRG and a broad coalition of organizations sponsored a town hall-style forum to question top elected leaders about the accelerating climate crisis, which was attended by hundreds of New Yorkers. Experts explained the issues, and then we put our questions to the state- and city-level officials in attendance.
NYC Comptroller, Brad Lander, and NYS Senator, Liz Kreuger, answered questions on topics such as Congestion Pricing, NY Heat, implementing Local Law 97, and staying on track with climate goals. |
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Thank you for joining us for our clean-ups across the state! |
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On March 15th students, faculty and staff from marched across the Brooklyn Bridge to express their suport for CUNY. The #MarchinMarch gathering was organized to show support for the #Newdeal4CUNY which includes funding for more affordable tuition and more mental health and academic advisors on campus. |
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NYPIRG participated in a pivotal day of action and rallied in support of the NY HEAT Act!
We joined environmental activists, advocates, legislative champions, and everyday New Yorkers in Albany to solidify the NY HEAT Act's inclusion in the state budget for cleaner heat and lower bills! Together, we will free New Yorkers from outdated rules forcing us to burn fossil fuels, and move us toward the 100% renewable future we deserve. |
| | Thank you to everyone that attended the Spring Student Empowerment Conference on March 9th! We had a day full of workshops, guest speakers, and student collaboration!
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| | NYPIRG students headed to Albany to fight for free public college tuition, better financial aid, more mental health services, and more!
After years of stagnant state funding and ever-increasing tuition, it is vital that we not return to the status quo in higher education. NY must usher in a new era that recognizes that investing in higher education boosts racial and economic equity and strengthens our economy. Students headed to Albany to fight for free and fully funded CUNY and SUNY, more financial aid, and additional class offerings, advisers, and mental health counselors!
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A huge win for New Yorkers!
Governor Hochul signed the Fair Medical Debt Reporting Act, a historic bill that removes medical debt from credit reports. Hunter NYPIRG Student Anthony Calafiura spoke alongside the governor before the signing. |
| | When: 12 PM Where: Started at West 56th Street and Broadway in Manhattan, proceeded to the United Nations headquarters for a rally (full route information TBA) 
NYPIRG marched to end fossil fuels!
With wildfire smoke choking the air that we breathe, hurricanes and floods threatening our homes, and toxic pollution making us sick, it has never been more urgent to end our dependence on the leading cause of these crises – fossil fuels.
In New York this September, the United Nations gathered world leaders for a first-of-its-kind Climate Ambition Summit to demand that nations stop developing new oil, gas, and coal projects and phase out fossil fuels once and for all. With his recent approvals for mega-polluting fossil fuel projects, President Biden must immediately reverse course to earn his seat at the table. But it will take all of us acting together to make sure that he does!
Thank you for your help! |
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For the past five decades, the New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG) has offered unique internship programs that provide college students with experiential learning and civic engagement opportunities. NYPIRG provides students with exceptional experiences that augment their classroom education by offering a full-time internship based in Albany, NY – the “Donald K. Ross Future Leaders Program.”
This internship program is named after NYPIRG’s first Executive Director, Donald K. Ross. Donald teamed up with consumer advocate Ralph Nader to develop the idea that ultimately led to the establishment of Public Interest Research Groups (PIRGs) across the nation. Their ideas, contained in the book Action for a Change, offered a blueprint for PIRGs, which have now spread to roughly half of the states. Donald moved on to become NYPIRG’s first director in 1973. He then left a decade later and was involved in the creation of other civic organizations across the country. His work of establishing organizations that offer young people the opportunity to influence public policy lives on through this program.
Check out this video from NYPIRG's Fall 2023 Virtual Student Empowerment Conference:
