The Donald K. Ross Future Leaders Program is a unique initiative designed to empower and nurture our next generation of leaders. This for-credit internship program with a stipend focuses on the NYS legislative and policymaking process. Apply by 10/31 at nypirgstudents.org/internships!

@blairhorner.bsky.social on @wamcradio.bsky.social: New York's ethics laws get a hearing "The Commission on Ethics and Lobbying in Government (COELIG) held its hearing to gauge public reactions to the agency's dozens of recommendations for improvements in the law..." www.wamc.org/commentary-o...

No climate loopholes for landlords! Pass Intro 1180 to cut pollution and lower utility bills! As the White House continues its relentless attacks on climate action, we urge Speaker Adams to stand up for NYC, pass Intro 1180, and invest in clean air and green, union jobs.

This week in @blairhorner.bsky.social's Capitol Perspective blog: New York's Ethics Laws Get a Hearing "For each day lawmakers were in the Albany area, multiple campaign fundraisers were held. Who was the target audience for attendance at these fundraisers?" More: www.nypirg.org/capitolpersp...

"In Albany, while we call it a legislative session, by and large, it's really a fundraising session for state lawmakers to get campaign contributions from lobbyists, and that creates an inherent conflict of interest." - @blairhorner.bsky.social spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...

📢 TODAY (9/24) at 2 PM — Tune in to @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Taxation for Fair Climate Financing live stream! @blairhorner.bsky.social will be discussing NY's Climate Superfund law, which will make Big Oil — not taxpayers — pay for climate costs. www.youtube.com/live/osgv-EV...

Listen to @nypirg.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor @blairhorner.bsky.social on @wamcradio.bsky.social: It's Climate Week! 🌍 "Instead of curbing the damages done by climate change, Washington is making it worse. And we will all suffer with the consequences." www.wamc.org/commentary-o...

📢 TOMORROW (9/24) at 2 PM — Tune in to @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Taxation for Fair Climate Financing live stream! @blairhorner.bsky.social will be discussing NY's Climate Superfund law, which will make Big Oil — not taxpayers — pay for climate costs. www.youtube.com/live/osgv-EV...

The Donald K. Ross Future Leaders Program is a unique initiative designed to empower and nurture our next generation of leaders. This for-credit internship program with a stipend focuses on the NYS legislative and policymaking process. Apply by 10/31 at nypirgstudents.org/internships!

📢 It's Climate Week! 🌍 This week in @blairhorner.bsky.social's Capitol Perspective blog: "Climate Week is supposed to create an environment in which the world's leaders learn and act. In fact, the theme of this year's Climate Week is turning ambition into action." www.nypirg.org/capitolpersp...

Tune in to @oxfaminternational.bsky.social's Taxation for Fair Climate Financing live stream on 9/24 at 2 PM to hear @nypirg.bsky.social's @blairhorner.bsky.social discuss NY's Climate Superfund law, which will make Big Oil — not taxpayers — pay for climate costs: www.youtube.com/live/osgv-EV...

Need help navigating New York's Small Claims Court system? @nypirg.bsky.social offers FREE help with consumer problems and complaints. Seek justice with our Small Claims Court Action Centers across the state. Visit nypirg.org/sccac or call our Consumer Helpline at (800) 566-5020. ⚖️

Listen to @blairhorner.bsky.social on @wamcradio.bsky.social : The campaign against the climate law "The campaign is underwritten by the oil and gas industries and injected by allies into public debates... This effort has been effective. But the claims are false." www.wamc.org/commentary-o...

📰 @nypirg.bsky.social in the news: "2026 must be the year that New York reduces packaging wastes, phases out single-use plastics, modernizes its 'Bottle Bill' — a program that has been described as an environmental success..." ♻️ - NYPIRG's @blairhorner.bsky.social www.wamc.org/news/2025-09...

📢 TODAY (9/16) is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay, so get #VoteReady for the 11/4/25 General Election! ✅ Check your NY voter registration status: voterlookup.elections.ny.gov ✅ Register to vote... For NYC: e-register.vote.nyc For the rest of NY: nyovr.elections.ny.gov

On Saturday, we and our allies (thank you, NAACP NYS, NYPIRG, Bedford2030, BLARG, and many more!) in putting #PeopleOverPlastic rallied in Albany to call on the NYS Assembly to bring the essential and long overdue PRRIA (A1749) up for a vote ASAP in January. youtu.be/c--RU5s2h90

18 Groups and Unions to Gov Hochul: Sign Bill Defending NY’s Landmark LLC Transparency Act (LLCTA) from Trump Administration. It protects NY’s LLCTA from being undermined by the weakening of the federal Corporate Transparency Act (CTA) buff.ly/QuXrWap

Proud to join this letter urging NYC's city council to make city agencies comply with transparency obligations. reinventalbany.org/wp-content/u...

📢 Tomorrow (9/16) is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay. Get #VoteReady for the 11/4/25 General Election! ✅ Check your NY voter registration status: voterlookup.elections.ny.gov ✅ Register to vote... For NYC: e-register.vote.nyc For the rest of NY: nyovr.elections.ny.gov

@blairhorner.bsky.social's Capitol Perspective: The Campaign Against the Climate Law "Given the anti-science ideology in Washington, there is little hope for meaningful positive action by the U.S. Congress or the current administration. Thus, states must act." More: www.nypirg.org/capitolpersp...

Washington is trying to block NY's right to protect taxpayers from the costs of climate pollution. NY passed a law that makes corporate polluters pay for climate costs — but Congress wants to shut it down. Tell Congress to defend our Climate Change Superfund Act! 🌍 1/2

📢 Want to make a difference in New York? Join @nypirg.bsky.social's Community Action Network and help us strengthen democracy, fight for the rights of consumers and voters, and protect the environment and public health! Sign up today to get informed and get involved: nypirg.org/can

📢 Next Tuesday, 9/16 is #NationalVoterRegistrationDay. Get #VoteReady for the 11/4/25 General Election! ✅ Check your NY voter registration status: voterlookup.elections.ny.gov ✅ Register to vote... For NYC: e-register.vote.nyc For the rest of NY: nyovr.elections.ny.gov

Our groups @citizensunionny.bsky.social @commoncauseny.bsky.social @freedom.press @legalaidnyc.bsky.social @lwvnyc.bsky.social @nyclu.org @nypirg.bsky.social @stopspyingny.bsky.social urge City Council to pass @galeabrewer.bsky.social landmark NYC FOIL bill buff.ly/ocwTgBk

Today the House Committee on Natural Resources is holding a hearing on the Westerman-Golden SPEED Act, which places private profits over public protections. We urge Congress to hit the brakes on the SPEED Act. #ProtectNEPA Check out our full statement: nypirg.org/pubs/202507/...

Listen to @nypirg.bsky.social's @blairhorner.bsky.social on @wamcradio.bsky.social: New York's energy plan "In terms of 'affordability,' maintaining the state's reliance on fossil fuels – or even expanding it – will make the costs of energy much worse." www.wamc.org/commentary-o...

This week in @blairhorner.bsky.social's Capitol Perspective blog: New York's Energy Plan "Not surprisingly, the draft energy plan is controversial: For example, the plan reflects the Hochul Administration's embrace of the state's aging nuclear power plants." More: www.nypirg.org/capitolpersp...

Cleaner air = healthier kids. As kids go #BackToSchool, we're celebrating zero-emission electric school buses improving air quality and helping our kids breathe easy. Find electric school bus stories from across NY here: electricschoolbuses4kids.org/electric-sch... #CleanRide4Kids #ChargingUsForward

Listen to @blairhorner.bsky.social on @wamcradio.bsky.social: Colleges open but face increasing financial threats "Addressing that challenge important to the state's future workforce and civic leaders, but it is also critical to the state's economy and jobs now." 🎓💵 www.wamc.org/commentary-o...

"Should New Yorkers pay $3 billion per year for the next 25 years for climate-related damages or should the oil companies? We think the oil companies should... If the courts rule differently, that means a tax hike for New Yorkers." - @blairhorner.bsky.social spectrumlocalnews.com/nys/central-...

Blair Horner, @nypirg.bsky.social : “We think New York state is on solid legal ground. There was an independent study done before the bill was even introduced,” he said.

NYC public school infrastructure is in crisis. We must do better for students and school staff. Today we rallied at City Hall to release our #GreenHealthySchools plan: ✅Create 321,000 Green Jobs ✅Slash DOE Energy Costs in Half ✅Make schools fully electric & fossil fuel-free

@blairhorner.bsky.social's Capitol Perspective: Colleges Open but Face Increasing Financial Threats "An important challenge confronting Governor Hochul as she develops her budget plan for the upcoming year is how to stabilize New York's colleges and universities." www.nypirg.org/capitolpersp...

📢 Sign up for NYPIRG's Community Action Network to help us tackle the big issues and take on the powerful on behalf of the public. Get involved with our campaigns, from submitting public comments and making phone calls to attending hearings and events: nypirg.org/can

Do you need help with consumer problems and complaints? New York's Small Claims Courts — the original "People's Court" — could be the place to seek justice. ⚖️ NYPIRG offers FREE assistance with our Small Claims Court Action Centers located across the state: nypirg.org/sccac

NYPIRG calls for the creation of a State Office of the Utility Consumer Advocate” to solely represent the interests of the state’s residential utility customers in energy ratemaking proceedings. www.wamc.org/commentary-o...

Today, NYPIRG stood with AARP,  Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz, and AssemblymanHarvey Epstein today, calling for the creation of a State Office of the Utility Consumer Advocate (UCA). www.facebook.com/watch/live/?...

"New York's energy future lies with energy efficiency, smarter grids, solar and wind. These approaches cost less and result in healthier, safer communities and protect New Yorkers interests over those of Washington." - @nypirg.bsky.social's Eric Wood Read more: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202508/...

Listen to @blairhorner.bsky.social on @wamcradio.bsky.social: New York's finances get bleaker "Last week, state Comptroller DiNapoli released his office's analysis of New York's finances... State government faces a three-year aggregate budget deficit of $34.3 billion." www.wamc.org/commentary-o...

📰 @nypirg.bsky.social in the news: NYPIRG Senior Environmental Program Coordinator Eric Wood "said the National Environmental Policy Act is 'one of the strongest tools communities have to protect their air, water and health from dangerous fossil fuel projects.'" 🌍 midhudsonnews.com/2025/08/19/n...

This week in @blairhorner.bsky.social's Capitol Perspective blog: New York's Finances Get Bleaker "State government faces a three-year aggregate budget deficit of $34.3 billion." Read more: www.nypirg.org/capitolpersp...

📰 @nypirg.bsky.social in the news: "Organizers warned the line would raise National Grid bills about 3.5% and churn the contaminated seabed in Raritan Bay; state environmental officials previously denied the project on water-quality grounds." 🌍 brooklyneagle.com/articles/202...

🚨 Congress and the federal administration are undermining our environmental protections. NY's Congressmembers must protect NY's air and water by defending the National Environmental Policy Act! 🌍 Sign-on letter: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202508/... 📰 News release: www.nypirg.org/pubs/202508/...

Listen to @nypirg.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor @blairhorner.bsky.social on @wamcradio.bsky.social: It's baaaaack! Redistricting returns "Here in New York, the Legislature should advance changes that fix redistricting in this state..." www.wamc.org/commentary-o...

This week in @nypirg.bsky.social Senior Policy Advisor @blairhorner.bsky.social's Capitol Perspective blog: It's Baaaaack! Redistricting Returns "Here in New York, the Legislature should advance changes that fix redistricting in this state..." Read more: www.nypirg.org/capitolpersp...

📰 @nypirg.bsky.social in the news: "The protests were largely focused on the implications of natural gas pipelines on climate change, and the ability of New York state to meet emissions goals as set out in the 2019 Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act." 🌍 www.silive.com/news/2025/08...

📢 Take #ClimateAction today: Submit a public comment via email to [email protected] by 8/16 to voice your opposition to the proposed NESE fracked gas pipeline! It risks contaminating and disrupting our waterways and further contributing to the climate crisis.

🧟🪦 Summer of the living dead fossil fuel projects? No, thank you! 📢 DEADLINE EXTENDED until 8/16: Tell the NYS Department of Environmental Conservation to protect NY and reject the Williams NESE fracked gas pipeline! Submit a public comment via email: [email protected]

@blairhorner.bsky.social's Capitol Perspective: Oil Lobby's Propaganda Machine Cranks It up in New York "Their latest effort attempts to exploit New Yorkers' legitimate concerns over energy prices to advance their plan to undermine the state's climate law." More: www.nypirg.org/capitolpersp...

Do you need help with consumer problems and complaints? New York's Small Claims Courts — the original "People's Court" — could be the place to seek justice. ⚖️ @nypirg.bsky.social offers FREE assistance with our Small Claims Court Action Centers located across the state: nypirg.org/sccac