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Revision as of 02:39, 5 June 2017
| Libertarian Party of New York | |
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| Chairperson | Mark E. Glogowski |
| Vice-Chair | Brian Waddell Jim Rosenbeck |
| Second Vice-Chair | |
| Treasurer | Michael Dowden |
| Secretary | Blay Tarnoff |
| Member at-large | |
| LNC Region | 5 - North |
| Founded | 1971 |
| Address | P.O. Box 728 Bellport, NY 11713 |
| Website | http://www.ny.lp.org/ |
The Libertarian Party of New York was one of the first Libertarian parties to organize and run candidates in the US. It was originally named the "Free Libertarian Party" to prevent confusion with New York's Liberal Party. Its first state chair was Ed Clark.
You can now register to vote as a member of the Libertarian Party in New York. About enrolling as a Libertarian in NY
To find out about local meetings near you in NY, please see the LPNY Chapter Meetings page
The Libertarian Party holds an annual convention, where its five officers and five At-Large board members are elected. Those 10 people, the immediate past chair (if any), plus one representative from each recognized affiliate, comprise the LPNY State Committee. The LPNY State Committee conducts business on the lpny_committee mailing list, which every LPNY member is encouraged to join (read-only for non-committee members).
History
The Libertarian Party of New York was established in 1971 as the Free Libertarian Party. Founding members include Edward and Alicia Clark and Jerome J. Klasman. Ed Clark served as the first State Chair and Klasman served as second chair from 1972–1973. In 1973, it ran a slate of candidates in the New York City municipal elections including Fran Youngstein for mayor and Gary Greenberg for Manhattan district attorney. The LPNY has run statewide candidates regularly since 1974 when its candidate for governor was Jerome Tuccille.
"It is a measure of the state of the Free Libertarian Party of New York that our marathon annual convention (March 29-31) was scarcely enough to finish the Party business. This despite a preceding Special Convention at which we wrangled over the party logo and chose delegates to the National Convention in Dallas in June, and despite the fact that the Convention began every morning promptly at 10:00 A. M. and lasted through special caucuses and post-mortems until after the bars closed at 3:00 A. M. Yet we concluded with no resolutions on issues and no platform. these being put back to yet another mini-convention at the end of April. Three conventions in two months begins to resemble the unfortunate and frenetic Peace and Freedom Party of 1968, which reached a crescendo of almost continuous conventioneering before its rapid demise."
— The Libertarian Forum, April 1974
"Meanwhile. New York's Free Libertarian Party has had its annual spring convention. Your editor is living in California for the spring, and so was not able to attend, but from all reports the convention was almost remarkably smooth and harmonious, free of the factionalism and of the barely suppressed hysteria of the year before. In a personal triumph, the able but formerly widely attacked Gary Greenberg has been elected state chairman."
— The Libertarian Forum, April 1975
In 1987, a new publication, Free New York, was created as a newsletter for the party.
In 1994, Howard Stern sought the Libertarian Party nomination for Governor of New York and won the nomination at the State Convention. However, he later dropped from the ticket.
The 1998 State Convention was held in Poughkeepsie, where Christopher Garvey and Donald Silberger were nominated to head the governor / lt. governor's ticket. Conti and Goodman also ran for statewide offices. Bill McMillen and Ambassador Alan Keyes are candidates for U.S. Senate, and McMillen is given the nomination. Among the noted speakers at the convention included Sharon Harris, Michael Cloud, John Cushman, Ron Crickenberger, and Muni Savynon. Jim Harris was voted as the new state chair.
In July 1998, delegates from New York attended the national convention in Washington, D.C. David Bergland served as chair and Muni Savyon as Regional Representative. In August 1998, the LPNY handed over 27,862 signatures in Albany to get the statewide candidates on the ballot.
In 2015, there began a rapid growth of forming new county chapters.
In May 2017, the LPNY adopted a Divisional Structure, which divided the committees into five categories.
Leadership
- Mark E. Glogowski, Chair (elected April 2015)
- Jim Rosenbeck, Vice Chair (elected April 2015)
- Brian Waddell, Vice Chair (elected April 2016)
- Blay Tarnoff, Secretary (elected April 2011)
- Michael Dowden, Treasurer (elected April 2016)
- Mark Potwora, At-Large Committee Member (elected April 2016)
- Michael McDermott, At-Large Committee Member (elected April 2016)
- Aaron Commey, At-Large Committee Member (elected April 2016)
- Shawn Hannon, At-Large Committee Member (elected April 29, 2017)
- Tony D'Orazio, At-Large Committee Member (elected April 29, 2017)
Appointed positions
- M Carling, Parliamentarian
- Christopher Edes, Webmaster (appointed August 2, 2009)
- Mark Glogowski, Administrative Director (appointed May 7, 2017)
- Andrew Martin Kolstee, Communications Director (appointed May 7, 2017)
- Brian Waddell, Political Director (appointed May 7, 2017)
- Gregg Fort, Finance Director (appointed May 7, 2017)
- Nate Dinet, Outreach Director (appointed June 4, 2017)
Committees
- Administrative Division
- IT Committee (December 4, 2016)
- Christopher Edes, Chair (December 4, 2016—June 4, 2017)
- Michael Dowden, Chair (June 4, 2017—present)
- Strategic Planning Committee (February 12, 2017)
- Andrew Martin Kolstee, Chair (February 12, 2017—present)
- Historical Committee (June 4, 2017)
- Andrew Martin Kolstee, Co-Chair (June 4, 2017—present)
- Jim Rosenbeck, Co-Chair (June 4, 2017—present)
- Political Division
- Ballot Access & Petitioning Committee
- Candidate Recruitment Committee
- Candidate Support Committee
- Communications Division
- Communications Committee (December 4, 2016)
- Andrew Martin Kolstee, Chair (December 4, 2016—present)
- Outreach Division
- Chapter Development Committee (April 25, 2015)
- Phil Ricci, Chair (April 25, 2015—August 2015)
- Jim Rosenbeck, Chair (August 2015—present)
- Finance Division
- Budget Committee (February 12, 2017)
- Jim Harris, Chair (February 12, 2017—present)
- Fundraising Committee (February 12, 2017)
- Gregg Fort, Chair (February 12, 2017—present)
Former appointed positions and committees
Main: Leadership of the Libertarian Party of New York
See also: Libertarian Party of New York State Committee
See also: List of Chairs of the Libertarian Party of New York
Conventions
Main: List of Libertarian Party of New York State Conventions
Elections
See: Libertarian Party of New York Historical Election Results
Party Registration
Voter registration statistics as reported by Ballot Access News.
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| 2016 | 7,128 |
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| 2014 | 5,376 |
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| 2012 | 3,874 |
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| 2010 | 2,680 |
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| 2008 | 1,545 |
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Local chapters
The Libertarian Party of New York contains 18 local chapters:
- Brooklyn Libertarian Party (May 17, 2009)
- Capital Region Libertarian Party
- Chautauqua County Libertarian Party (October 3, 2015; chartered October 4, 2015)
- Erie County Libertarian Party (July 2015)
- Genesee County Libertarian Party (June 8, 2013)
- Greater Rochester Libertarian Party (April 1, 2007)
- Hudson Valley Libertarian Party
- Livingston County Libertarian Party (2016)
- Manhattan Libertarian Party (August 31, 2000)
- Nassau County Libertarian Party
- Niagara County Libertarian Party (August 2016)
- Onondaga County Libertarian Party (2016)
- Otsego County Libertarian Party (chartered October 16, 2016)
- Libertarian Party of Queens County (chartered April 2, 2017)
- Staten Island Libertarian Party (2010)
- Suffolk County Libertarian Party
- Tioga County Libertarian Party (April 25, 2017; chartered May 9, 2017)
- Warren County Libertarian Party
- Westchester County Libertarian Party (chartered February 12, 2017)
Former
- Broome County Libertarian Party (c 1980—fl. 1985)
- Brooklyn Borough Libertarian Party (fl. 1973)
- Brooklyn-Queens Libertarian Party (February 4, 2007—?)
- Central New York Libertarian Party (fl. 1999)
- Chemung County Libertarian Party (fl. 1989)
- Clinton County Libertarian Party (fl. 2005)
- Cortland County Libertarian Party (fl. 1982)
- Erie-Niagara Libertarian Party (December 2, 1999—?)
- Genesee Region Libertarian Party (fl. 1982—1994)
- Ithaca Libertarians (February 18, 2005—November 9, 2014)
- Mid Hudson Libertarian Club (established in September 1972; 1974)
- Monroe County Libertarian Party (fl. 2000)
- North County Libertarians (fl. 2005)
- Queens County Libertarian Party (founded in 1994, later decharted and merged with Brooklyn; decharted and reformed, decharted again in 2016)
- Rochester Libertarian Party (fl. 1984)
- Saratoga Libertarian Party (decharted 2016)
- Southern Tier Libertarian Party (chartered June 23, 2001)
- Tompkins County Libertarian Party (fl. 1992–1994)
- Westchester-Putnam Libertarian Party (fl. 1981—1986)
References
External Links
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