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 Greenburg 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

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.

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 (August 2, 2009)
• Mark Glogowski, Administrative Director (May 7, 2017)
• Andrew Martin Kolstee, Communications Director (May 7, 2017)
• Brian Waddell, Political Director (May 7, 2017)
• Gregg Fort, Finance Director (May 7, 2017)

Committees

Administrative Division

• IT Committee (December 4, 2016)

• Christopher Edes, Chair (December 4, 2016—present)

• Strategic Planning Committee (February 12, 2017)

• Andrew Martin Kolstee, Chair (February 12, 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

See also: Libertarian Party of New York State Committee

Former appointed positions

Political Director

• Gary Donoyan (April 2005)
• Warren Redlich (July 2005)
• John Clifton (January 4, 2010—May 15, 2016)

Media Director

• Richard Cooper (February 2000)
• Janet Hopf (October 2, 2011)

Newsletter Editor

• Fran Poretto
• Fred Cookinham
• Rick Wolff
• Robert Goodman
• Jeffrey Russell (June 1998—August 1998)
• Jeff Doty (September 1999—January 2002)
• Albert Dedicke (March 2002—January 2003)
• Paul Hendricks (March 2003)
• Gary Triestman (April 2005—December 2006)

Other positions

• Thomas Ruks, Membership Committee Chair (January 2004)
• Tom Stevens, College Outreach Coordinator (January 2004—August 2005)
• Bonnie Scott, Operations Director (January 2004)
• Blay Tarnoff, Telecommunications Officer (August 2004—April 2007)
• Bonnie Scott, Webmaster (August 2004—April 25, 2009)
• Andrew Gardner, College Outreach Coordinator (June 2005—January 2006)
• Gary Triestman, Telecommunications Officer (June 2011—May 15, 2016)
• Audrey Capozzi, Correspondence Secretary (June 2011—November 2014)

Former committees

• Statewide Candidate Search Committee

• Werner Hetzner, Chair (April 2005—January 2006)

• Membership Structure and Mailing Committee (August 27, 2005)

• M Carling, Chair (August 27, 2005—April 2007)

• Eminent Domain Rally Organizing Committee Chair (November 19, 2005)

• John Clifton, Chair (November 19, 2005—April 2006)

• Convention Planning Committee (January 28, 2006)

• Werner Hetzner, Chair (January 28, 2006—April 2006)

• Outsourcing Agreement Committee Chair (January 28, 2006)

• M Carling, Chair (January 28, 2006—April 2007)

• Election Campaign Committee

• Eric Sundwell (March 2009)

• Budget and Strategic Planning Committee (April 25, 2015)

• Kevin Wilson, Chair (April 25, 2015)
• Jim Harris, Chair (before September 11, 2016—February 12, 2017)

• Elections Campaign Committee (May 3, 2015)

• Brian Waddell, Chair (May 3, 2015—January 10, 2016)
• Christian Padgett, Chair (January 10, 2016—May 7, 2017)

• Communications and Media Committee (June 7, 2015—December 4, 2016)

• Phil Ricci, Chair (June 7, 2015—January 10, 2016)
• Christopher Edes, Chair (January 10, 2016—December 4, 2016)

Conventions

#	Year	Date	City	Venue
45th	2017	April 29	Syracuse, New York	Genesee Grande Hotel
44th	2016	April 30	Manhattan, New York	Ukrainian East Village Restaurant
43rd	2015	April 25	Rochester, New York
42nd	2014	April 26	Albany, New York	Western Albany Airport Inn
41st	2013	April 27	Rhinecliff, New York	Rhinecliff Hotel
40th	2012
39th	2011	April 30	Babylon, New York	Lily Flanagan’s Pub
38th	2010	April 24	Albany, New York
37th	2009	April 25	Rochester, New York	Holiday Inn Airport
36th	2008	April 26	Queens, New York	The Reception House
35th	2007	April 28	Holtsville, New York	Radisson Hotel
34th	2006	April 29	Albany, New York	Best Western Albany Airport Inn
33rd	2005	April 23	East Syracuse, New York	Holiday Inn
32nd	2004	April 24	Manhattan, New York	Holiday Inn Martinique
30th	2002	April 12—14	Rochester, New York	Sheraton Four Points Hotel
29th	2001	April 28	Manhattan, New York	Holiday Inn-Midtown
28th	2000	April 29	Yonkers, New York	Royal Regency Hotel
27th	1999	April 23—25	Medford, New York	Best Western MacArthur Airport Hotel
26th	1998	March 14—15	Poughkeepsie, New York	Sheraton Civic Center Hotel
22nd	1994	April 23	Albany, New York	Italian-American Community Center
20th	1992	May 9	White Plains, New York
10th	1982	May 1—2	Binghamton, New York	Holiday Inn Arena
2nd	1974	March 29—31

Special conventions

#	Year	Date	City	Venue
2016	November	Binghamton, New York
2015	November	Utica, New York
1991	October	Batavia, New York

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
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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
• 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-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)

External Links

• Official Libertarian Party of New York website