Rebecca Rotzler is a longtime, Green Party activist, who has served as a Co-Chair of the Green Party of the United States. Rotzler previously served as a New Paltz Village Trustee from 2003 to 2007.
On Tuesday, May 7, 2013, Rebecca Rotzler was elected to serve again on the New Paltz Village Board.… Read more ...
The Green Party of Suffolk has endorsed and promoted the following march for peace and justice, happening in Port Jefferson, Long Island, New York…
A March for Peace and Justice:Saturday, March 30, 2013
12:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Port Jefferson Village, Suffolk County,
Long Island, New York
Join us as we peacefully assemble and march:
· Calling for an immediate and true end to the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.… Read more ...
GPNYS press release, as posted at onthewilderside.com:
The Green Party of New York blasted Governor Cuomo and state lawmakers for their middle of the night votes to continue gerrymandering of state legislative districts in exchange for passing Cuomo’s assault on the pension benefits of government workers.… Read more ...
Repost from onthewilderside, based on a post at GPNYS/Green Party of New York State:
“We need a Green New Deal, financed through progressive taxes.… Read more ...
As posted by Ian Wilder at onthewilderside.com:
Since receiving the ballot line, Greens have run in three elections. Alex White received 9 percent of the vote in a three-way special election for Mayor of Rochester on March 29. Jason West, a Green Party member running on the village party Cooperative line, recaptured his position on May 3 as Mayor of New Paltz after a four years out of office.… Read more ...
posted at the Green Party of New York State website:
Rally Against the Wars, April 9th, NYC – Join the Green Party
BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW
March & Rally Union Square
14 St & Broadway, NY City
April 9, 2011, Noon
[A project of]
The United National AntiWar Committee
The Green contingent will meet at 11:30 AM in front of “Babies-R-Us” on the east side of Union Square.… Read more ...
The Conservative Party of NYS is committed to the taxpayers of New York State and know that cutting spending has to be the top priority of the Administration and Legislature. Please join our efforts by signing our post card that urges Governor Cuomo to keep his promise made to the citizens of New York State during his campaign that he will not increase taxes and fees or borrow to balance the state budget.… Read more ...
The Long Island daily newspaper, Newsday, has the following editorial published on-line, and in the Sunday print version of the paper:
(excerpt from) Newsday
Box Score
110%
That’s the increase in votes cast for non-major party candidates in this year’s New York gubernatorial election, compared with 2006. Nearly 200,000 people supported a candidate other than the Republican or Democratic nominees…
In print in the Sunday, November 7, 2010 issue, opinion section, page A33… Read more ...
The full decision is posted as a pdf at Ballot Access News: here.
(excerpt from) Newsday
Court ruling a mutual setback for Conservatives, Working Families
by Dan Janison
… Read more ...Two ideological foes — the Conservative Party and Working Families Party — found common ground recently by jointly suing to change one of the aspects of the new voting system.
Newsday is a Long Island, New York, daily newspaper.
In today’s, Sunday edition of Newsday, there is an article on the US Senate race against Senator Chuck Schumer. The article focuses on the campaigns of Schumer, a Democrat, and his Republican opponent, Jay Townsend.
It is noteworthy that on the bottom of the page, there are small insets with the two other candidates on the ballot for the position.… Read more ...
From Syracuse.com via TPID:
Syracuse, NY – A Syracuse man who wants to make drugs legal jumped today into the 25th Congressional District race. Marc Romain, the former chairman of the Onondaga County Libertarian Party, filed petitions with the state Board of Elections to run as a Libertarian against incumbent Rep.… Read more ...
(excerpt from) The NY Post
by David Seifman
… Read more ...A top campaign adviser to Mayor Bloomberg — who won’t explain how he spent $750,000 of the mayor’s money — is now the target of a grand-jury probe.
Sources said last night that Manhattan DA Cyrus Vance Jr. is summoning witnesses before a panel examining what John Haggerty Jr.