Environmental Advocates of New York records,
- Author:
- Environmental Advocates (Albany, N.Y.)
- Call Number:
- MSS APAP-104 local
- Abstract:
- The bulk of the records of the Environmental Advocates (EA) of New York document the legislative activities of the organization from the 1980s through the late 1990s. The records consist of correspondence, notes, meeting minutes, reports, memorandums, publications, news clippings, promotional material, as well as the administrative files of Lee Wasserman, Val Washington, and Loretta Simon. The strength of the collection lies in the Legislative Issues series, which documents in detail the organization's position on issues, including acid rain, New York's Bottle Bill, energy, hazardous waste, pesticides, solid waste, and water, among others.
- Historical Note:
- Environmental Advocates of New York was established in Rye, New York in 1969, as the Environmental Planning Lobby. Founded as a means to form innovative environmental policy, it was one of the nation's first organized environmental activist groups. Environmental Advocates serves the people of New York as an effective and aggressive watchdog and advocates on nearly every important state environmental issue. Through advocacy, coalition building, citizen education, and policy development, Environmental Advocates works to safeguard public health and preserve New York's unique natural heritage. Since its inception, Environmental Advocates have successfully lobbied on behalf of important environmental issues. Environmental Advocates is a non-profit organization with over 7,000 individual members and 130 organizational members.
- Physical Description:
- 90.81 cu. ft
- Access Terms:
- Access to the collection is unrestricted.
- Notes:
- Part of the Archives of Public Affairs and Policy. local
- Subjects:
- Environmental health Political aspects New York (State), Social ecology New York (State), Environmental policy Social aspects New York (State), Environmental justice New York (State), Environmental health New York (State), Refuse and refuse disposal New York (State), Environmental management New York (State), Environmental health, Environmental health Political aspects, Environmental justice, Environmental management, Environmental policy Social aspects, Refuse and refuse disposal, and Social ecology
- Genres/Forms:
- Correspondence. aat, Reports. aat, Audio cassettes. aat, Videocassettes. aat, and Brochures. aat
- Names:
- Simon, Loretta, Washington, Val, and Wasserman, Lee
- Corporate Names:
- Environmental Advocates (Albany, N.Y.), New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation, and New York (State). Department of Environmental Conservation
- Geographic Terms:
- New York (State)
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