text: NYSRA, GRA form partnership to promote eco-friendly practices
  
  The New York State Restaurant Association and the Green Restaurant Association have teamed up to help operators throughout the state make their eateries more eco-friendly.
  
  The partnership, the first of its kind between the GRA and a restaurant association, was announced May 17 by Michael Oshman, executive director of the GRA, and Andrew Rigie, director of operations for NYSRA. The partnership resulted from a request made last year by New York Gov. David Paterson