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Environmental Advocates of New York works to protect the air, land, water and wildlife and health of all New Yorkers.

Based in Albany, they monitor state government, evaluate proposed laws, and champion policies and practices that will ensure the responsible stewardship of our shared environment.

Environmental Advocates of New York have been instrumental in passing some of our most significant environmental laws, including:
- the state's original bottle deposit law
- the nation's first acid rain law
- the State Environmental Quality Review Act (SEQRA)
- the Wild, Scenic & Recreational River Systems Program
- the Environmental Protection Fund
- the Hudson River Estuary Management Act
- the Lead Poisoning Prevention Act
- the Clean Indoor Air Act
- the low emission vehicle program
- the 1996 Clean/Water/Clean Air Bond Act