navigation search this article relies too much on references to primary sources . please improve this by adding secondary or tertiary sources . november 2015 learn how and when to remove this template message nypirg inc. type non profit industry non profit & activism founded 1973 headquarters new york state united states key people blair horner gene russianoff russ haven website nypirg the new york public interest research group nypirg is a new york statewide student directed non partisan not for profit political organization . it has existed since 1973 . 1 its current executive director is blair horner and its founding director was donald k. ross . nypirg is controlled by a student board of directors . any issue that nypirg works on or stance it takes must be approved by its student board of directors . 2 aileen sheil is the current chairperson of nypirg s board of directors . nypirg is one of the largest of the public interest research groups which were inspired by ralph nader in the 1970s 3 and operate at the state level . after leaving columbia university current president of the united states barack obama worked at nypirg at its city college chapter . 4 contents 1 infrastructure 2 campus program 2.1 chapter locations 3 references 4 external links infrastructure edit nypirg has an office in lower manhattan new york city and a legislative office located in albany . 5 nypirg also operates in dozens of campus and regional offices statewide . campus program edit the focus of nypirg s program is the campus chapters . campus chapters exist at schools in the state university of new york suny city university of new york cuny and two private colleges pratt institute and syracuse university . the chapters are funded by activity fees which are voted on by students and or determined by student governments . chapter locations edit binghamton university borough of manhattan community college bronx community college brooklyn college buffalo state college city college of new york suny cortland hunter college nassau community college suny new paltz new york city college of technology pratt institute suny purchase queens college queensborough community college college of staten island syracuse university suny college of environmental science and forestry 6 references edit about us . nypirg financial information . retrieved 2008 01 07 . http www.nypirg.org oncampus aboutcampus.html nader ralph & ross donald . action for change . penguin books 1973 rev. ed . https www.newsday.com news new york obama stood out even during brief 1985 nypirg job 1.885513 http www.nypirg.org about contact us http www.nypirg.org campus offices.html external links edit new york public interest research group official website new york public interest research group collected news and commentary . the new york times . v t e public interest research group people phil radford ralph nader donald k. ross gene karpinski ted halstead arshad hasan joyce elaine roop gene russianoff jim jontz pamela gilbert anthony pollina celeste thorson james love tom hucker joanna guy related organizations fund for the public interest environmental action environment america green corps illinois pirg mopirg minnesota public interest research group ohio pirg pirgim massachusetts public interest research group new york public interest research group maryland public interest research group retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title new york public interest research group & oldid 692934025 categories public interest research groupsgovernment watchdog groups in the united statespolitical advocacy groups in the united statesorganizations established in 1973non profit organizations based in new yorknew york public interest research group inc.hidden categories articles lacking reliable references from november 2015all articles lacking reliable referencespages using infobox company with unsupported parameters navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages svenska edit links this page was last modified on 29 november 2015 at 09 28 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view