About
At Spring Street, we find, support and win climate campaigns that matter.
New York State is the world’s 11th largest economy—solutions we implement can scale to other states and the country as a whole, helping to secure a stable climate and an inclusive economy for everyone.
At Spring Street, we build and exercise grassroots power to win ambitious new policy in New York. We use a growing toolkit to help win our priority campaigns, including press and media work, public opinion research, training and support for activists and movement staff, and grassroots organizing of key constituencies who share our goals.
We believe that strong campaigns, and strong organizing for the long-term, can lead to big wins and durable results.
Each of our priority campaigns represents an opportunity for New York to do ambitious work on climate policy that will make a difference worldwide.
Staff & Board
Staff
John Raskin, President, is a seasoned organizer and political strategist with proven leadership experience winning high-impact policy campaigns in New York City and State. As Executive Director of the Riders Alliance, he helped lead successful campaigns to win congestion pricing, Fair Fares for low-income transit riders, and billions of dollars of new investment in public transportation.
Sarah Hurley-Curran, Development Manager, is a Brooklyn-based non-profit development professional. Before joining the Spring Street team, Sarah worked for the DREAM Program in Burlington Vermont as a Philanthropy Officer and served for a year as an Americorps VISTA.
Sonia Isard, Managing Director, is an experienced nonprofit leader with expertise in organizational strategy and operations, community organizing, fundraising, and campaign planning.
Lizzy Oh, Campaign Manager, is a longtime organizer from Queens, New York, who has organized for immigrant rights, affordable housing and environmental justice. Prior to Spring Street, she was the Coalition Organizer at Public Power NY, working to pass the Build Public Renewables Act (BPRA) in New York State. She loves biking, hiking and learning something new every day.
Shay O’Reilly, Campaign Manager, came to Spring Street following seven years as an organizer for the Sierra Club. He learned organizing as part of movements for economic justice and poverty abolition, and has also served as a steward and elected representative in a labor union.
Board of Directors
Tabitha Decker
Celeste LeCompte
John Raskin
Nick Sifuentes
Shuchi Talati