AT A GLANCE
Local Progress New York (LPNY) organizes local elected officials across the state to share best practices and policy solutions across our counties, cities, towns, and villages. Since becoming an official state chapter in 2018, we have united local officials in advocacy to support the raising the minimum wage, progressive taxation, and automatic voter registration at the state level.
LPNY currently has 211 members across the state, representing 85 jurisdictions.
Our Work & Priorities
Each year, we outline a multi-issue agenda to advance local policies, coordinate trans-local campaigns, and inform advocacy at the state level.
Our key issue areas include housing, community safety, economic justice, and environmental and climate justice.
Organizing Committee
As a member-led network, our state work is led by an incredible state organizing committee – a group of LPNY members that meet regularly to weigh in on policy priorities, propose statewide campaigns, and drive the strategic vision for our work:
ROBIN WILT
Brighton Town Councilmember
LPNY Organizing Committee Co-Chair
MICHELE HIRSCH
Kingston Alderwoman
LPNY Organizing Committee Co-Chair
DAN AYMAR-BLAIR
Beacon City Councilmember
CARMEN DE LA ROSA
New York City Councilmember
SAM FEIN
Albany County Legislator
BEAU HARBIN
Cortland County Legislator
AMANDA WALLWIN
Tarrytown School Board Member
MARY LUPIEN
Rochester City Councilmember
JEN MECOZZI
Buffalo School Board Member
JAMAICA MILES
Schenectady School Board Member
SANDY NURSE
New York City Councilmember
VERONICA PILLAR
Tompkins County Legislator
KAYLA MATOS
Ithaca Alderperson
ALEXANDER MARION
Syracuse Auditor
Our Statewide Priorities
HOUSING FOR ALL
Local governments across New York have been working to meet the needs of their residents and stabilize communities by expanding renter protections like good cause eviction and right to counsel.
ECONOMIC JUSTICE
Economic justice policies are necessary to ensure that every New Yorker has the opportunity to live and thrive. That includes worker protections, universal childcare, public power and public banking.
CLIMATE JUSTICE
From clean water to recycling and solar power, local governments must take action locally and at the state level in building climate justice for our communities.
IMMIGRANT RIGHTS
Every person deserves to be met with care and dignity. That means everything from welcoming new arrivals to making sure they have what they need to thrive in New York.
PUBLIC SAFETY
In New York, we can build real safety by investing in community needs, violence prevention strategies, and alternative response programs.
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FEATURED NEWS & stories
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As local laws fall, NY leaders call for statewide ‘good cause’ eviction legislation
In a letter to state leaders shared exclusively with City & State, dozens of local leaders pushed for the tenant protections.
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Good Cause Workshop Recap
On Tuesday, August 20, Local Progress held a virtual Good Cause workshop with coalition partners Housing Justice for All and For The Many. We shared organizing tactics, lessons learned, and strategies on how to replicate these wins across the state. Fresh off their housing victories this summer, we heard from local leaders in Kingston and Albany on how they won Good Cause in their cities.
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Local Progress Members Demand New Approach To Transit Funding In New York
15 Local Progress members across New York sent a letter to Majority Leader Stewart-Cousins and Speaker Heastie, advocating for the passage A4120/S1981. The bills would direct the state Department of Transportation (DOT) to reduce Vehicle Miles Traveled (VMT) by 20% by 2050.
- Climate Justice
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New York Pols Back Gounardes’s Bill to Cut Driving by 20%
For decades, transit planners have widened roads and expanded highways as cities have grown. But these interventions have only increased traffic and worsened pollution. LP members in New York wrote to legislative leaders demanding state DOT take a new approach to planning.
