NYPIRG Referendum Vote 2013

The New York Public Interest Research Group at Buffalo State (NYPIRG) is up for the referendum vote. Every two years the undergraduate student body at Buffalo State is given the opportunity to vote and keep NYPIRG on Buffalo State campus. This vote reassures that the student body is satisfied with the services
that NYPIRG provides.

NYPIRG is an active student advocacy group on campus.We tackle issues that effect students and  have registered over  1,000 students to vote on campus, lobby in Albany to get Tuition Assistance Program(TAP) restore to graduate students and increase funding for the thousands of  undergraduate students across New York State.We also organize advocacy trips to Albany to talk to their legislators to fight cuts to SUNY and expand TAP. Everyday we inform our peers about our several campaign  such as hunger and homelessness in the community, environmental issues like hydrofracking in New York , and higher education funding.

Students should vote YES to NYPIRG to continue funding of NYPIRG services at $3 per student per semester. Those $3 fund our on campus internships, voter registration drives, and workshops on financial literacy, and more. NYPIRG also offers a refund of $3 to any student who wishes to receive one.

Be sure to vote in the 2013 student elections for the mandatory student activity fee and vote YES to NYPIRG. The polls are located in the Campbell Student Union. Monday-Wednesday 9am-7am and on Thursday 9am-3:30pm. Your vote keeps campus activities and student activism fully funded.


Wilherne Benjamin, Media Intern