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I’ve been involved with the Libertarian Party of New York since 2013 when I first ran for New York City (NYC) Public Advocate. I fell in love with the party and its members who passionately care about the state of […]

Political Director Brian Waddell stepped down recently to manage the gubernatorial campaign of Larry Sharpe. After a search, LPNY Chair Mark Glogowski appointed Tioga County Secretary and 3-time Libertarian Party candidate Rich Purtell to the position, and he was confirmed

I gave a ride home a few nights ago to one of my fellow tennis players who works at the New York Times. He talked approvingly about an editorial advocating taxing storefront landlords if they keep their storefronts vacant for

Andrew Cuomo has been Governor now for two terms, and I do not feel things have changed for the better. In my own experience I feel a dangerous narrowing of the gap between what I take home after taxes versus

Libertarian blogger and activist Alex Merced, the Libertarian Party of New York’s candidate for U.S. Senate in 2016, and New York City Comptroller in 2017, has announced his candidacy for Vice Chair of the Libertarian National Committee for 2018. Announcing

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The Federal Military and Overseas Voter Empowerment (MOVE) Act and the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) under Attorney General Jeff Sessions is hampering the ability of minor parties to get their candidates on the ballot. The

The 5th Amendment of the U.S. Constitution ends with “nor shall private property be taken for public use, without just compensation”. This sentence has been referred to as the “Takings Clause”, which enables “eminent domain” for a government to expropriate

There are a number of Libertarian websites and organizations across the web. Our readers may find the these Libertarian websites and organizations informative and useful. National Libertarian Party www.lp.org International Society for Individual Liberty www.liberty-intl.org Acton Institute www.acton.org Cato Institute www.cato.org

BY ANDREW MARTIN KOLSTEE Election results for the 2017 general election have been released. None of these are official as they are not all counted yet or published as the final results on their respective Board of Elections websites, but

BY ANDREW MARTIN KOLSTEE Today is Election Day! Go out and vote! The Libertarian Party of New York and its chapters have a record number of Libertarian candidates on the ballot this year. A total of 18 nominated Libertarians candidates