The New York Progressive Action Network (NYPAN) is a left-of-center statewide coalition that grew out of regional movements after the Sanders 2016 campaign for president. ¹

NYPAN supports various left-of-center policy priorities including transitioning New York state’s energy to be completely free of fossil and nuclear energy and advocating the passage of the NY Health Act, a law that would enact a government-controlled single-payer health-care model in New York. ² NYPAN has supported a petition opposing the use of emissions free nuclear energy. ³

Background

The New York Progressive Action Network grew out of the Sanders 2016 presidential campaign when various advocacy movements that had formed to campaign on behalf of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) decided to merge and continue left-wing advocacy. NYPAN claims it distinguishes itself from other similar organizations by being more focused on “electoral politics than in marches and rallies.” ¹

The coalition originally began with 16 groups and has since grown to over 30 affiliated groups. ¹

NYPAN registered as a 501(c)(4), a designation of nonprofit for lobbying and social welfare groups, in 2017; however, the only publicly available tax return for the group is from 2017. In 2017, the group had a little over $46,000 in revenues and $12,000 in total assets. ⁴

NYPAN’s network is made up of various autonomous regional chapters including the Long Island Activists, Progressive East End Reformers, Bronx United Progressives, Brooklyn Progressive Action Network, Manhattan Progressive Action Network, Progressive Action of Lower Manhattan, Uptown Progressive Action, Rockland Citizens Action Network, Capital Region Progressive Action Network, NYPAN Greene, Washington County Progressives, NYPAN of the Southern Finger Lakes, Tompkins County Progressives, Uplift Syracuse, Justice in Action Coalition, and ROCitizen. ⁵

Some affiliates include Black Lives Matter of Greater New York, the Jim Owles Liberal Democratic Club, 504 Democrats, and Life of Hope. ¹

Activities

The New York Progressive Action Network runs multiple committees that advocate and lobby for left-of-center policy priorities. ²

NYPAN has a committee on the environment. NYPAN claims that “climate change is a systemic problem that requires systemic solutions and as such is inseparable from systemic oppression, racial and economic inequality and environmental justice.” The committee demands that the state of New York should “quickly and equitably” transition to 100% renewable energy, completely free from fossil and nuclear energy. ⁶

NYPAN has a committee for “Global Justice.” This committee claims its main goals include “working to stop the slaughter in Gaza,” preventing war between Israel and Iran, and fighting for “candidates targeted by AIPAC.” ²

NYPAN has a committee on health care. In 2025, this committee stated that its primary policy priority was the NY Health Act, which would enact a government-controlled single‐payer healthcare system. ⁷

NYPAN has a committee on elections. NYPAN’s election committee is focused on recommending endorsements of candidates and helping to organize campaigns on behalf of candidates who will pass left-of-center policy priorities. ²

As of June 2025, NYPAN was working on launching a committee called “Protect Immigrants.” ²

NYPAN was an organizer of the June 14, 2025 “No Kings” demonstrations that were aimed at protesting the Trump administration, particularly its restrictionist immigration policy. In total, there were 198 groups that helped to organize the demonstrations. ^{8 9}

Opposition to Nuclear Energy

NYPAN was one of more than 650 signatories on an August 2022 letter organized by People vs Fossil Fuels and addressed to the “Democratic Leadership” in Congress. The letter was titled: “Opposition to Fossil Fuel Project Approvals and Permitting Reforms Conditioned on the Inflation Reduction Act.” ³

The letter portrayed as “false solutions” carbon sequestration, carbon-free nuclear energy and all sources of energy not approved as “renewable” by the signatories: “Relying only on large scale investments in renewable energy and environmental justice alone will not stave off climate disaster if Congress simultaneously puts its legislative foot on the gas to expand fossil fuel production and false solutions like carbon capture, hydrogen, biomass, biofuels, factory farm gas, and nuclear power.” ³

Nuclear power plants produce no carbon dioxide or other greenhouse gas emissions, and as of 2021 accounted for 20 percent of American electricity production—the largest source of zero carbon electricity in the United States. ¹⁰ An October 2018 proposal from The Nature Conservancy noted that zero-carbon nuclear plants produced 7.8 percent of total world energy output and recommended reducing carbon emissions by increasing nuclear capacity to 33 percent of total world energy output. ¹¹

People

George Albro is a co-chair of the New York Progressive Action Network, as well as being a member of the Brooklyn Progressive Action Network. ¹²

Jay Bellanca is a co-chair of NYPAN, as well as being a director of Washington County Progressives. Bellanca claims to have been a supporter of U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders (I-VT) for decades, as well as being a supporter of the initiative Our Revolution. ¹²

Nancy de Delva is a co-chair of NYPAN. Previously, she was involved in Sen. Sanders’ 2016 presidential campaign, including as a delegate to the Democratic National Convention. ¹²

1.  “Our Story.” New York Progressive Action Network. Accessed July 3, 2025. https://nypan.org/about/our-story
2.  “Committees.” New York Progressive Action Network. Accessed July 3, 2025. https://nypan.org/committees.
3. “Letter from 650+ Groups Opposing Fossil Fuel Projects and Proposed Permitting Reforms.” People vs Fossil Fuels. August 24, 2022. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://peoplevsfossilfuels.org/dirty-deal-letter/
4.  “New York Progressive Action Network,” Short Form Return of Organization Exempt From Income Tax (990 EZ) 2017. Page 1 Part 1 Lines 9 and 21.
5. “Chapters.” New York Progressive Action Network. Accessed July 1, 2025. https://nypan.org/chapters-1.
6.  “Environment.” New York Progressive Action Network. Accessed July 2, 2025. https://nypan.org/issues/environment.
7. “Healthcare.” New York Progressive Action Network. Accessed July 7, 2025. https://nypan.org/issues/healthcare
8. ^[1] Nomani, Asra. “Asra Nomani: The Familiar Hidden Hand behind Today’s #nokings Protests.” Fox News, June 14, 2025. https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/asra-nomani-familiar-hidden-hand-behind-todays-nokings-protests.
9. “No Kings.” No Kings. Accessed June 30, 2025. https://www.nokings.org/#about.
10. “Nuclear explained.” U.S. Energy Information Administration. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://www.eia.gov/energyexplained/nuclear/us-nuclear-industry.php
11. “The Science of Sustainability.” The Nature Conservancy. October 13, 2018. Accessed July 21, 2025. https://www.nature.org/en-us/what-we-do/our-insights/perspectives/the-science-of-sustainability/
12. “Leadership.” New York Progressive Action Network. Accessed July 7, 2025. https://nypan.org/leadership