Filed Under: State | Statewide

New York State

American Lung Association (ALA)
3 Winners Circle, Suite 300, Albany, NY 12205-2804
Phone: (518) 453-0172
www.lungusa.org
E-mail: rarmstrong@alanys.org
The American Lung Association of New York works on issues relating to lung health, including various clean air issues such as auto and power plant emissions, urban smog and air pollution generally.

American Farmland Trust
6 Fraklin Sqare, Saratoga Springs, NY 12866
Phone: (518) 581-0078

Fax: (518) 581-0079
www.farmland.org
E-mail: dhaight@farmland.org

American Farmland Trust is a private, nonprofit organization founded in 1980 to protect the nation's farmland. AFT works to stop the loss of productive farmland and to promote farming practices that lead to a healthy environment.

Citizen Action
94 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12206
Phone: (518) 465-4600

Fax: (518) 465-2890
www.citizenactionny.org
E-mail: mail@citizenactionny.org

New York City Chapter:

11 Park Place, Suite 814
New York, NY, 10007

Phone: (212) 523-0180
Fax: (212) 523-0187
canynyc@citizenactionny.org

Citizens Campaign for the Environment (CCE)
225-A Main Street #2, Farmingdale, NY 11735
Phone: (516) 390-7150
www.citizenscampaign.org
E-mail: farmingdale@citizenscampaign.org

CCE works to build widespread citizen understanding and advocacy for policies and actions designed to manage and protect interdependent land and water resources, wildlife and public health. CCE carries out this mission through public education, research, lobbying, organizing and public outreach.

Citizens' Environmental Coalition (CEC)
33 Central Avenue, Albany, NY 12210
Phone: (518) 462-5527
Fax: (518) 465-8349

www.cectoxic.org
E-mail: cectoxic@igc.org
Citizens' Environmental Coalition is a statewide grassroots environmental organization of 90 groups and 9,000 individual members working to eliminate pollution in New York State through their Community Assistance Program, Publication Clearinghouse and statewide advocacy campaigns.

Hudson River Sloop Clearwater
112 Market Street, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: (845) 454-7673

Fax: (845) 454-7953
www.clearwater.org
E-mail: office@clearwater.org
The Hudson River Sloop Clearwater works to reclaim and protect the Hudson River. They have published in-depth reports such as "Toxic Tides" and "Polluting the Hudson: Business as Usual" and they publish a bi-monthly newsletter, The Navigator.

Environmental Advocates (EA)
353 Hamilton Street, Albany, NY 12210
Phone: (518) 462-5526 or 800-SAVE-NYS

Fax: (518) 427-0381
www.eany.org
E-mail: webeditor@eany.org
EA is a statewide alliance of individuals and environmental groups which lobbies the state legislature on a variety of environmental issues, organizes the annual Earth Day Lobby Day and compiles a summary of New York State legislators' voting records on environmental legislation into an annual Voters' Guide.

League of Women Voters of New York State (LWV)
35 Maiden Lane, Albany, NY 12207
Phone: (518) 465-4162

Fax: (518) 465-0812
www.lwvny.org
E-mail: lwvny@lwvny.org
LWV provides fact sheets and resource guides on some environmental issues, lobbies on state environmental issues and provides electoral information on a wide range of topics.

New York League of Conservation Voters Education Fund (NYLCVEF)
29 Broadway, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10006
Phone: (212) 361-6350

Fax: (212) 361-6363
www.nylcvef.org
E-mail: info@nylcv.org
NYLCVEF works to educate citizens about environmental issues and the role voters can play in developing and demanding environmentally responsible public policy. NYLCVEF's programs include the Waterfront Park Coalition, monitoring the Clean Water/Clean Air Bond Act, and publishing guides such as this one to inform voters throughout the state. NYLCVEF is the educational affiliate of the New York League of Conservation Voters.

New York League of Conservation Voters (NYLCV)
29 Broadway, Suite 1100, New York, NY 10006
Phone: (212) 361-6350

Fax: (212) 361-6363
www.nylcv.org
E-mail: info@nylcv.org
The nonpartisan political arm of New York's environmental community. NYLCV seeks to make environmental protection a top priority with New York's elected officials, political candidates, businesses and voters. NYLCV is the only statewide group working exclusively on electoral politics on behalf of the environment. Publishes Eco-Politics quarterly.

New York Public Interest Research Group (NYPIRG)
107 Washington Avenue, Albany, NY 12210
Phone: (518) 436-0876
www.nypirg.org
E-mail: webmaster@nypirg.org
NYPIRG has offices around the state (see Section 3 for NYC). NYPIRG lobbies and conducts grassroots organizing campaigns on environmental and consumer issues. NYPIRG's Toxic Project provides information and assistance on solid and hazardous waste issues, including incineration and toxic chemical releases.

NYS Association of Environmental Management Councils
c/o Dutchess County Environmental Management Council
The Farm and Home Center
2715 Route 44, Suite 2, Millbrook, NY 12545
Phone: (845) 677- 5253
Web/Email: in development
NYSAEMC is an umbrella organization whose members are county and regional Environmental Management Councils (EMCs). NYSAEMC enhances the work of local EMCs and networks with statewide agencies and organizations such as the NYS Association of Counties.

Scenic Hudson
One Civic Center Plaza, Suite 200, Poughkeepsie, NY 12601
Phone: (845) 473-4440