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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 22h

🌍 Repealing the 100-Foot Rule will curb skyrocketing utility bills, reduce gas demand, and make it easier for utilities to transition to a clean energy future!

🚨 TAKE ACTION: Send Governor Hochul a postcard requesting that she END THE 100-FOOT RULE: docs.google.com/forms/d/177G...

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 1d

Listen to @blairhorner.bsky.social on @wamcradio.bsky.social: NY's ethics laws get a hearing

"Among their proposals was one that surely got the interest of the state's political establishment – greater oversight of the involvement of lobbyists in campaign fundraising." www.wamc.org/commentary-o...

New York’s ethics laws get a hearing

New York’s ethics laws – those covering the actions of public officials and lobbyists – gets an annual airing at a public hearing convened by the state’s ethics watchdog.

www.wamc.org

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 2d

📢 ATTENTION @nypirg.bsky.social alums and friends — join us next Thursday, 10/16 in NYC for a happy hour! Reconnect with friends and colleagues from years past and hear from our new executive director, Megan Ahearn, about our urgent issues and campaigns. RSVP TODAY: nypirg.org/events/fall2025 🍂

NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 3d

This week in @blairhorner.bsky.social's Capitol Perspective blog: Is Affordable Health Care a "Right?"

"The fight over the size of federal health insurance subsidies is at the heart of the partial federal government shutdown that started last week."

Read more: www.nypirg.org/capitolpersp...

NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 7d

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!

NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 8d

@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...

New York’s ethics laws get a hearing

New York’s ethics laws – those covering the actions of public officials and lobbyists – gets an annual airing at a public hearing convened by the state’s ethics watchdog.

www.wamc.org

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ALIGN NY @alignny.bsky.social · 9d

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.

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 9d

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...

NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 12d

"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-...

Good gov't groups: Lobbyists must be mandated to report campaign contributions

The state ethics commission held its third annual public hearing Thursday.

spectrumlocalnews.com

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 14d

📢 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...

Taxation for Fair Climate Financing

YouTube video by oxfaminternational

www.youtube.com

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 15d

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...

It's Climate Week

This past weekend marked the start of Climate Week. Climate Week is an annual event dating back to 2009 and runs during the annual United Nations General Assembly meeting held in New York City.

www.wamc.org

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 15d

📢 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...

Taxation for Fair Climate Financing

YouTube video by oxfaminternational

www.youtube.com

NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 15d

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!

NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 16d

📢 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...

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 17d

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...

Taxation for Fair Climate Financing

YouTube video by oxfaminternational

www.youtube.com

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 19d

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. ⚖️

NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 22d

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...

The campaign against the climate law

Good campaigns rely on message control. Present your points in simple, understandable, and popular terms, recruit a range of “trusted” messengers, and relentlessly hammer home your message.

www.wamc.org

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 22d

📰 @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...

Activists urge NYS Assembly pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act

Activists called on the New York State Assembly to pass the Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act at a rally outside the state Capitol Saturday.

www.wamc.org

NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 23d

📢 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

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Beyond Plastics @beyondplastics.bsky.social · 23d

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

People Over Plastics - Rally to Pass the Packaging Reduction & Recycling Infrastructure Act in NYS

YouTube video by Beyond Plastics

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Reinvent Albany @reinventalbany.bsky.social · 23d

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)
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Freedom of the Press Foundation @freedom.press · 23d

Proud to join this letter urging NYC's city council to make city agencies comply with transparency obligations.

reinventalbany.org/wp-content/u...

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 23d

📢 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

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 23d

@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...

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NYPIRG @nypirg.bsky.social · 26d

📢 Take #ClimateAction today! Use @nypirg.bsky.social's Rep Finder to find and contact your congressional representatives: www.nypirg.org/repfinder/

Tell them to protect NY's trailblazing Climate Superfund law to make Big Oil — not NY taxpayers — pay for climate damages! 2/2