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 Fight for $15, 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 state and  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

KORIN KIRK

Bingahmton 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

Our Statewide Priorities

HOUSING

Local governments across NY 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.

ENVIRONMENT & CLIMATE

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 PROTECTION

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.

COMMUNITY SAFETY

In New York, we can build real safety by investing in community needs, violence prevention strategies, and alternative response programs.

Resources and tools

FEATURED NEWS & stories

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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Over 50 Local Electeds Across New York Demand Good Cause Now

This week, nearly 60 Local Progress members from across New York sent a letter to Governor Hochul, along with legislative leadership in Albany, demanding the passage of Good Cause Eviction protections (S305/A4454). New York’s housing crisis is at a tipping point, with evictions rising in 40 of the state’s 62 counties and average rents across the state ranking among the top ten in the nation.

LPNY State Download 🍂 | Organizing committee meeting, housing, immigration work & more! | September 2023

This edition of the Local Progress New York newsletter covers our recent NY Organizing Committee meeting, the fight for immigrant justice in NY state, and movement on housing justice in Kingston!

55 Local Elected Officials From Across New York State Call on Legislature to Pass New York For All

The New York Immigration Coalition, Local Progress, and the NYC Council Progressive Caucus released a sign-on letter from 55 municipal, town, county and school district elected officials from all over New York State calling on the NYS Legislature to pass the New York For All Act before the end of the legislative session.