The Progressive State of New York

Close your eyes and think of New York, and you'll see Manhattan. Look at a map of New York State and you'll see that there's an awful lot more to New York than just the city. For one thing, there are other cities of substance in that great huge area called Upstate. For another thing, there are huge agricultural areas, producing as much corn as Iowa. Then there's the Adirondack State Park, the largest park east of the Mississippi River.

No matter what you're looking for, New York has it: City, country, mountains, beaches, old growth forests, new ideas and some of the greatest schools in all America. New York is everything the red states are not, and it's no accident that so many people flock to the state that serves as the home of progressive politics.

There is so much progressive political and cultural activity in New York State that we have had to focus our initial progressive directory for New York to statewide organizations and progressive groups that are based in areas outside of New York City. After all, progressive groups in Gotham already get plenty of publicity, both in the state and in the nation.

That said, progressives everywhere in America are in need of support. So, if you know of any progressive candidates, information resources or organizations either in NYC or outside of the city, that we don't have listed here, let us know and we will consider including them in our growing index.

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Progressive Organizations in New York New York State Democratic Committee Green Party of New York State Socialist Party of New York City Working Families Party Hudson Valley Activist Network Democracy for New York Drop the Rock - to repeal Rockefeller Drug Laws Empire State Pride Agenda Citizen Action of New York Citizens' Environmental Coalition Environmental Advocates of New York New York Public Interest Research Group Center for Constitutional Rights New York Civil Liberties Union Network for Justice Rochester Metro Justice Rochester Alliance - a local chapter of the Alliance for Democracy Mid-Hudson Progressive Alliance Concerned People for Social Action Northern Westchester Progressive Coalition Democracy for Westchester Philipstown for Democracy Democracy in Albany Rochester Environment Capital District Humanist Society Freethinkers of Upstate New York Central New York Skeptics Clearwater Sustainable Hudson Valley Friends of Hudson Finding Ulysses Riverkeeper New York Citizens for Clean Elections Waking Planet Environmental Business Association of New York State Buffalo State Students for Peace Buffalo Peace People Western New York Peace Center Cayuga Coalition for Peace Dutchess Peace Coalition Capital District for Peace and Justice Alternatives to War The Croton Peace Initiative Finger Lakes Area Peace Coalition Long Island Alliance for Peaceful Alternatives Western New York Sweatshop Awareness Project New York City Atheists Syracuse Real Food Cooperative New Yorkers for Verified Voting Progressive Political Gear for New York New York Liberal T-Shirts New York Progressive Political Gear Congress Campaign Gear for New Yorkers

Mainstream News Sources New York Times Syracuse Post Standard Albany Times Union WRVO - NPR news for Central New York Buffalo News Ithaca Times Progressive Sources of News and Information from New York WNY Media Network Buffalo Independent Media Center Rochester Independent Media Center New York City Independent Media Center EcoThreat - environmental alert information Syracuse Progressive Kodakstoxiccolors.org Buffalo Art Voice Access Community Network Buffalo's AltPress Buffalo Coalition for Progressive Media Bruce Jackson's Buffalo Report Catalyst The Rossi Rant CNY ecoBlog NYCO Blog Patriot Watch Cu Sith Myth Blog Finding Ulysses Messages for a Progressive New York The Irregular State of New York A note about being a New York progressive. Don't assume that just because we're progressives, we automatically support the Democratic candidate. Sometimes, as in the case of Senator Chuck Schumer, the Democrat isn't worthy of support. Charles Schumer voted to censure Bill Clinton Chuck Schumer refused to censure George W. Bush Schumer voted to help George W. Bush start the Iraq War Even though Michael Hayden supported programs to spy against the American people, Schumer voted to confirm Hayden as CIA chief Schumer supported torture when he supported Michael Mukasey. It is because we are New York progressives that we can no longer support Charles Schumer.