Libertarian Party of New York

Libertarian Party of New York
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)

• Youth Outreach Committee (June 4, 2017)

• Shawn Hannon, Chair (June 4, 2017—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.

Year	Registered Voters
2016	7,128
2015
2014	5,376
2013
2012	3,874
2011
2010	2,680
2009
2008	1,545
2007
2006	1,061
2005
2004	362
2003
2002
2001
2000
1999
1998
1997
1996
1995
1994
1993
1992
1991
1990
1989
1988
1987
1986
1985
1984
1983
1982
1981
1980

Local chapters

The Libertarian Party of New York contains 18 local chapters:

Chapter	Chartered	Notes
Brooklyn Libertarian Party	May 17, 2009	Previous: October 16, 1999—DATE
Capital Region Libertarian Party	align=right|Before 1999
Chautauqua County Libertarian Party	align=right|October 4, 2015
Erie County Libertarian Party	align=right|July 2015
Genesee County Libertarian Party	align=right|June 8, 2013
Hudson Valley Libertarian Party	align=right|Before 1999
Livingston County Libertarian Party	align=right|2016
Manhattan Libertarian Party	align=right|August 31, 2000
Nassau County Libertarian Party	align=right|Before 1999
Onondaga County Libertarian Party	align=right|2016
Otsego County Libertarian Party	align=right|October 16, 2016
Libertarian Party of Queens County	align=right|April 2, 2017
Staten Island Libertarian Party	align=right|2010
Suffolk County Libertarian Party	align=right|Before 1999
Tioga County Libertarian Party	align=right|May 9, 2017
Warren County Libertarian Party	align=right|
Westchester County Libertarian Party	align=right|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)
• Niagara County Libertarian Party (August 2015—June 4, 2017)
• 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)

External Links

• Official Libertarian Party of New York website