New York Special Interest Groups

Project Vote Smart reports on performance evaluations from all special interest groups who provide them, regardless of issue or bias. If you know of a group that provides ratings not included here, please contact us at ratings@votesmart.org.

Descriptions of organizations are derived from the mission statement or description produced by each organization. Project Vote Smart does not evaluate or edit these descriptions.

State
Issue
 

Abortion

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2003 N/A Family Planning Association of New York State
2004 2012 NARAL Pro-Choice New York
2011 2010 New York State Right to Life Committee
N/A 2000 Republican Majority for Choice
 

Abortion and Reproductive

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2004 2012 NARAL Pro-Choice New York
 

Animals and Wildlife

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2008 N/A Humane Society of New York
2008 N/A League of Humane Voters of New York City
 

Business and Consumers

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 2012 Business Council of New York State, Incorporated
2012 N/A New York National Federation of Independent Business
 

Civil Liberties and Civil Rights

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2000 2012 Empire State Pride Agenda
2004 N/A Gay and Lesbian Victory Fund and Leadership Institute
2002 N/A Gay Rights Information
1997 N/A New York Civil Liberties Union
 

Conservative

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
1998 N/A Christian Coalition of New York
2012 2010 Conservative Party of New York State
1998 N/A Conservative Union
 

Education

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A New Yorkers for Better Libraries PAC
N/A 2012 United Federation of Teachers
 

Environment

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2012 N/A EPL-Environmental Advocates
N/A 2012 New York League of Conservation Voters
 

Guns

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2010 2012 National Rifle Association Political Victory Fund
2008 2010 New Yorkers Against Gun Violence
2002 N/A New York Gun Owners of America
2010 2010 New York Shooters Committee on Political Education
2006 2012 New York State Rifle and Pistol Association
 

Labor Unions

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2002 2012 New York AFL-CIO
N/A 2012 Professional Staff Congress City University of New York (PSC-CUNY)
2004 2012 Public Employees Federation
 

Liberal

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2006 N/A New York City Americans for Democratic Action
 

Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
N/A 2012 Lambda Independent Democrats of Brooklyn
 

Social

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2005 N/A Drum Major Institute for Public Policy
2000 N/A Statewide Emergency Network for Social and Economic Security
 

Unemployed and Low-Income

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2009 N/A The Partnership for the Homeless
 

Women

Last Rating Last Endorsement SIG Name
2004 2012 NARAL Pro-Choice New York
2004 2012 National Organization of Women - NYC