Libertarian Party of New York

Libertarian Party of New York
General Information
Chartered:	April 1, 1973
Region:	8
Officers
Chair:	Mark Glogowski (FLP) Tony D'Orazio (ISC)
Vice-Chair:	Kari Bittner (FLP) Jeff Motta (FLP) Tucker Coburn (ISC) Steve Minogue (ISC)
Secretary:	Andrew Martin Kolstee (FLP) Fred Cole (ISC)
Treasurer:	Duane Whitmer (FLP) Lora Newell (ISC)
Contact
Phone:	(866) 336-3120
Address:	P.O. Box 98 Hamlin, NY 14464
Website:	Website
Social Media
Facebook:	Facebook

The Libertarian Party of New York (LPNY) is an affiliate of the National Libertarian Party. The LPNY was one of the first state parties to organize and run candidates in the United States. It was originally known as the Free Libertarian Party to prevent confusion with New York's Liberal Party and it was incorporated as a corporation under the name Free Libertarian Party, Inc. Ed Clark was the temporary chair, who led the the organization of the state affiliate and on April 1, 1973, during the first convention, Andrea Millen Rich was elected first chair. In 2018, Larry Sharpe received over 50,000 votes in his run for Governor, which secured automatic ballot access for the party in New York for the first time in its history.

History

Main article: History of the Libertarian Party of New York

Organization

For the first 45 years of its history, the Libertarian Party of New York held an annual convention to elect five officers (Chair, two Vice Chairs, Secretary, and Treasurer) and give At-Large members. These ten members, along with the Immediate Past Chair (if any), plus one representative from each recognized local affiliate, comprised the State Committee]. Business was conducted in quarterly meetings until the early 2000s, when monthly teleconferences became the norm. In years past, the State Committee conducted business through mail ballots, until the advent of the internet. In 1999, business started to be conducted online at Yahoo Groups, which was active for business until the Free Libertarian Party, Inc. corporation was voted to dissolve in November 2019.

The party was led by an Interim State Committee (ISC), which was formed in February 2019 and acknowledged as the successor to the corporation in May 2019. The ISC is made up of 21 appointed members, which are set to serve until the elected State Committee convenes on September 26, 2020.

Addresses and Phone Numbers

• 1974: 15 West 38th Street, Room 201, New York, New York, 10018, (212)354-0292.
• 2015: Hamlin, New York
• 2018: Batavia, New York
• 2020: Albany, New York

Logos

• 

  1974

Governing Documents

Platform

• Platform Adopted 8/25/19

For historical governing documents see:

• Index of New York Libertarian Party Bylaws
• Index of New York Libertarian Party Platforms

Leadership

Main article: Leadership of the Libertarian Party of New York

Interim State Committee

• Tony D'Orazio, Chair (since April 15, 2020)
• Tucker Coburn, 1st Vice-Chair (since April 15, 2020)
• Steve Minogue, 2nd Vice-Chair (since April 26, 2020)
• Fred Cole, Secretary (since February 9, 2019)
• Lora Newell, Treasurer (since June 9, 2019)

Free Libertarian Party, Inc.

• Mark E. Glogowski, Chair (since May 4, 2019)
• Kari Bittner, Vice-Chair (elected May 4, 2019)
• Jeff Motta, Vice-Chair (elected May 4, 2019)
• Andrew Martin Kolstee, Secretary (elected November 10, 2019)
• Duane Whitmer, Treasurer (elected May 4, 2019)
• Steve Minogue, At-Large Committee Member (elected December 2, 2018)
• Paul Grindle, At-Large Committee Member (elected May 4, 2019)
• Michael McDermott, At-Large Committee Member (elected May 4, 2019)
• Christopher Olenski, At-Large Committee Member (elected May 4, 2019)
• Chase Tkach, At-Large Committee Member (elected May 4, 2019)
• Jim Rosenbeck, Immediate Past Chair (since May 4, 2019)

Appointed positions

• M Carling, Parliamentarian (appointed June 24, 2010)
• Vacant, Administrative Director
• Vacant, Communications Director
• Vacant, Political Director
• Vacant, Finance Director
• Vacant, Outreach Director
• Vacant, Press Secretary
• Vacant, Deputy Communications Director
• Vacant, Newsletter Editor
• Vacant, Blog Editor
• Vacant, Social Media Coordinator

Committees

Main article: Committees of the Libertarian Party of New York

Other Committees

• Conventions Committee

• Chair, Shawn Hannon (?—February 10, 2019)
• Chair, Tony D'Orazio (February 10, 2019—present)

• Committee on Logo and Naming
• Committee on Bylaws
• Committee on Corporate Structure

Former appointed positions and committees

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

Size and Influence

Year	Minimum Unique Voters	Minimum Percent Of Voters	Registered Voters (Oct/Nov)	Percent of Registered Voters	Signature Members (Dec)	Signature Members Per Million Population	LNC Total Donors 2004 - Present Or Active Members 1972 - 2003 (Dec)	LNC Donors Per Million Population	State Rank Of Total LNC Donors (Of 51)
2018	95,033	1.53%	7,675	0.07%	5,063	259	715	36.59	4
2017					5,180	261	680	34.26	4
2016	176,598	2.27%	7,128	0.06%	5,468	277	902	45.68	5
2015					5,011	253	517	26.12	5
2014	26,583	0.68%	5,376	0.05%	4,913	249	561	28.41	6
2013					4,808	244	626	31.78	6
2012	47,256	0.66%	3,874	0.03%	4,676	238	674	34.38	4
2011					4,473	229	640	32.78	4
2010	48,359	1.02%	2,680	0.02%	4,359	225	681	35.10	5
2009					4,241	220	682	35.32	4
2008	19,596	0.25%	1,545	0.01%	4,019	209	705	36.69	5
2007					3,785	198	606	31.67	5
2006	40,472	0.86%	1,061	0.01%	3,682	193	480	25.12	5
2005					3,410	178	635	33.19	9
2004	19,073	0.26%	362	0.00%			814	42.46	9
2003							647	33.74	10
2002	23,213	0.49%					780	40.76	10
2001							966	50.62	8
2000	7,649	0.11%					1,103	58.05	10
1999							1,093	60.07	10
1998	19,864	0.40%					1,041	57.33	9
1997							932	51.37	6
1996	12,220	0.19%					850	46.85	6
1995							564	31.07	5
1994	19,202	0.36%					417	22.97	6
1993							403	22.22	4
1992	108,530	1.54%					493	27.26	5
1991							376	20.85	6
1990	24,611	0.57%					432	24.00	3
1989							384	21.35	3
1988	12,109	0.18%					332	18.50	3
1987
1986	988	0.02%
1985
1984	11,949	0.17%
1983
1982	24,925	0.46%
1981
1980	52,648	0.83%
1979
1978	18,990	0.39%
1977
1976	12,197	0.18%
1975
1974	14,779	0.28%
1973
1972	6	0.00%

Affiliates

In the beginning of its history, the Free Libertarian Party made provisions in its bylaws to form local/regional Libertarian clubs.

The Libertarian Party of New York contains 18 local chapters.

Current

Chapter	Chartered	Notes
Brooklyn Libertarian Party	May 17, 2009	Previous: October 16, 1999—June 23, 2001
Capital Region Libertarian Party	Before 1999
Cattaraugus County Libertarian Party	March 3, 2019
Chautauqua County Libertarian Party	October 4, 2015
Erie County Libertarian Party	September 13, 2015
Genesee County Libertarian Party	June 8, 2013
Hudson Valley Libertarian Party	Before 1999
Manhattan Libertarian Party	August 31, 2000
Monroe County Libertarian Party	April 1, 2007	Previous: April 29, 2000—May 7, 2006
Nassau County Libertarian Party	Before 1999
Onondaga County Libertarian Party	April 30, 2016
Libertarian Party of Queens County	April 2, 2017	Previous: ?—November 3, 2006
Schoharie County Libertarian Party	September 9, 2018
Staten Island Libertarian Party	April 4, 2010
Steuben County Libertarian Party	February 2018
Suffolk County Libertarian Party	Before 1999
Tioga County Libertarian Party	May 9, 2017
Westchester County Libertarian Party	February 12, 2017

Former

Chapter	Chartered	Notes
Agora Libertarian Club	1972
DAFNY Libertarian Club	1972
Greenwich Village Libertarian Club (GVLC)	September 11, 1972
Mid Hudson Libertarian Club (MHLC)	September 11, 1972	Active in 1974
The Rational Libertarian Club	1972	No longer chartered by October 1, 1972
Brooklyn Libertarian Party Caucus (BLPC)	bef. Nov. 1, 1972
Brooklyn Borough Libertarian Party	fl. 1973

1980s-2010s

• Monroe County Libertarian Party (fl. 2000)
• Queens County Libertarian Party (founded in 1994, later decharted and merged with Brooklyn; decharted and reformed, decharted again in 2016)

Chapter	Dates	Notes
Broome County Libertarian Party	c 1980—fl. 1985
Brooklyn-Queens Libertarian Party	February 4, 2007—?
Central New York Libertarian Party	November 20, 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—1984
Ithaca Libertarians	February 18, 2005—November 9, 2014
Livingston County Libertarian Party	April 3, 2016—December 2, 2018
Niagara County Libertarian Party	September 13, 2015—June 4, 2017
North County Libertarians	fl. 2005
Otsego County Libertarian Party	October 16, 2016—2018
Rochester Libertarian Party	fl. 1984
Saratoga County Libertarian Party	December 7, 2014—2016
Southern Tier Libertarian Party	June 23, 2001—?
Tompkins County Libertarian Party	fl. 1992–1994
Warren County Libertarian Party	2016—December 2, 2018
Westchester-Putnam Libertarian Party	fl. 1981—1986

Unchartered in the 1970s

Chapter	Chartered	Notes
Bronx Libertarian Club (BLC)	Unchartered
Free Libertarians of Westchester (FLOW)	Unchartered
FLP radical caucus (FLPrc)	Unchartered
Kid Lib Club	Unchartered
Libertarian Abortion Action Group (LAAG)	Unchartered
Nassau Libertarian Club (NLC)	Unchartered
Outlook Libertarian Club (OLC)	Unchartered
Suffolk Libertarian Club (SLC)	Unchartered
Staten Island Libertarian Club (SILC)	Unchartered

External Links

• Official Libertarian Party of New York website