The Long Island Progressive Coalition
is a community based organization dedicated to promoting
sustainable development, revitalizing local communities,
enhancing human dignity, creating effective democracy,
and achieving economic, racial and social justice.
ISSUES
Affordable Housing
The Long Island Progressive Coalition has created a new campaign called YIMBY-Yes In My Backyard.
We seek to build a movement to support affordable housing across Long Island by getting organizations to endorse YIMBY and turn their members out to ... MORE
Education
LIPC is organizing the local campaign of the statewide Alliance For Quality Education. AQE believes that every public school should provide a quality education to all its students by having smaller classes, qualified teachers, safe clean and technol ... MORE
Global Warming
A sustainable energy plan for our region.
“What other technology can immediately reduce by 95% the emissions of known hazardous toxins in our air while potentially doubling the energy we produce?”
Clean Election Reform legislation establishes a system under which candidates in New York who agree to limit campaign spending and contributions and who collect a set amount of small contributions from voters, will receive a fixed and equal amount o ... MORE
Nassau Government Efficiency Project
The Nassau County Government Efficiency Project’s goal is to reduce Nassau County’s enormous tax burden by eliminating or consolidating wasteful and dysfunctional Special Taxing Districts countywide.
Small Business Health Care Press Event -- Survey: L.I. Small Business Owners Support Healthcare Reform
By Julia Ryan
New York Small Business United for Heal....MORE
May 04 2009 12:57 am
YIMBY Press Event Supports Heartland Project -- Video can be found here....MORE
Apr 05 2009 05:29 pm
LIPC Featured in Newsday's Long Island Life Section -- The Long Island Progressive Coalition recently celebrated its 30th anniversary. To celebrate the occasion, LIPC was feat....MORE
Apr 03 2009 05:22 pm
LIPC Board Member's Op-Ed About NYS Budget -- LIPC Board Member David Sprintzen had an Op-Ed published in the Friday, April 3rd edition of Newsday.
Here is the ar....MORE