The Brooklyn Public Library (BPL) is the public library system of the New York City borough of Brooklyn. It is the sixteenth largest public library system in the United States by holding and the seventh by number of visitors. Like the two other public library systems in New York City,it is an independent nonprofit organization that is funded by the city and state governments,the federal government,and private donors. The library currently promotes itself as Bklyn Public Library.
The Conservative Party of New York State is an American political party founded in 1962 following conservative dissatisfaction with the Republican Party in New York. Running on the Conservative Party line,James L. Buckley won election to the U.S. Senate in 1970 and served for one term. Since 2010,the party has held "Row C" on New York ballots—the third-place ballot position,directly below the Democratic and Republican parties—because it received the third-highest number of votes of any political party in the 2010,2014 and 2018 New York gubernatorial elections. The party is known for its strategy of attempting to influence the Republican Party in a more conservative direction.
The Independence Party is a political party in the U.S. state of New York. The party was founded in 1991 by Dr. Gordon Black,Tom Golisano,and Laureen Oliver from Rochester,New York,and acquired ballot status in 1994. They lost their ballot status in 2020 under a change in the New York state election law that required at least 130,000 votes on the party line every two years. Although often associated with Ross Perot,as the party came to prominence in the wake of Perot's 1992 presidential campaign,it was created prior to Perot's run. In 2020,it affiliated with the Alliance Party,but disaffiliated in 2021. It used to have one elected member of the New York State Assembly,Fred Thiele,until Thiele switched his party affiliation to the Democratic Party in 2022. On December 9,2022,New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed S1851A,banning the use of the words "Independent" and "Independence" from use political party names in New York State.
Frank J. Fahrenkopf Jr. is an American attorney,political executive,and lobbyist who was chairman of the Republican National Committee from 1983 to 1989. Fahrenkopf is co-founder,and currently co-chairman,of the Commission on Presidential Debates,which conducts the United States general election presidential and vice presidential debates. In the private sector,Fahrenkopf most recently served as the American Gaming Association's first president,and retired from the position in 2013.
Simcha Felder is an American politician from Borough Park,Brooklyn. He represents the 17th district of the New York State Senate. Felder has been elected to multiple offices as a Democrat,but is known for having caucused with the Republicans during the early part of his New York State Senate tenure. Prior to serving in the State Senate,Felder represented the 44th district in the New York City Council.
JoséRafael Peralta was an American politician who served in the New York State Assembly and New York State Senate. A member of the Democratic Party,he last represented District 13 in the State Senate,which includes the Queens neighborhoods of Corona,East Elmhurst,Elmhurst,Jackson Heights,and Woodside. He previously represented District 39 in the New York State Assembly,which is located in Queens,New York and includes Corona,Elmhurst and Jackson Heights. He was elected to the New York State Senate in a landslide on March 16,2010. Peralta was a member of the Independent Democratic Conference (IDC),a group of Democratic senators who allied themselves with Senate Republicans. He was re-elected in 2012,2014 and 2016,but was defeated in the 2018 Democratic primary.
The New York State Democratic Committee is the affiliate of the Democratic Party in the U.S. state of New York. Its headquarters are in Manhattan,and it has an office in Albany. It is currently the dominant party in the state,controlling the majority of New York's U.S. House seats,both U.S. Senate seats,both houses of the state legislature,and the governorship.
Brian Patrick Kavanagh is an American politician who represents the 27th district in the New York State Senate,representing Lower Manhattan and the western part of Brooklyn since December 2017. He previously served in the New York State Assembly representing the East Side of Manhattan. Kavanagh is a Democrat.
Jane Lewis Corwin is an American politician and businesswoman who currently serves a Commissioner of the International Joint Commission for United States and Canada. She previously served as a Republican Party member of the New York State Assembly from 2009 to 2016. She represented the 144th Assembly District which covers parts of Erie and Niagara counties. Corwin was also the Republican Party nominee in the special election held on May 24,2011,to fill Western New York's 26th district seat in the U.S. House of Representatives previously held by Republican Chris Lee. She faced three other candidates in the election;losing to Democrat Kathy Hochul 47 percent to 42 percent.
David G. Greenfield is an American politician,law professor,and non-profit organization executive. He served as a Democrat in the New York City Council from the 44th district from 2010 to 2017. The district includes Bensonhurst,Borough Park,Gravesend,Kensington,Midwood,and Sheepshead Bay in Brooklyn.
Christopher Nixon Cox is an American lawyer based in New York. He is the son of Tricia Nixon Cox and Edward F. Cox,and grandson of President Richard Nixon and First Lady Pat Nixon. Cox is the CEO of Lightswitch Capital,a private equity fund investing in biotech companies.
Stephen Peter Munisteri is an American attorney who served as the chairman of the Republican Party of Texas from 2010 to 2015. In 2017,Munisteri was appointed to the White House staff as deputy assistant to the president and principal deputy director of the Office of Public Liaison.
Michael R. Long was an American politician from the state of New York. He served as chairman of the Conservative Party of New York State from December 1988 to January 2019. Previously,Long represented the Borough of Brooklyn at-large on the New York City Council from 1981 to 1983.
Kevin Byrne is the 6th County Executive of Putnam County,NY and is a former state legislator of the New York State Assembly where he served for three terms. He is a registered Republican.
Jabari Brisport is an American politician,activist,and former public school teacher. He is the state senator for New York's 25th State Senate district in Brooklyn,and the first openly gay person of color to be elected to the New York State Legislature.
Andrew Gounardes is an American lawyer and politician. He is a Democrat and a member of the New York State Senate,representing the 22nd district,which encompasses the neighborhoods of Bay Ridge,Dyker Heights,Sunset Park,Red Hook,Park Slope,Gowanus,Carroll Gardens,Boerum Hill,Cobble Hill,Downtown Brooklyn,Fort Greene,Brooklyn Heights,Vinegar Hill,and DUMBO in Brooklyn.
Mathylde Frontus is an American politician. A Democrat,Frontus represented the 46th district in the New York State Assembly. Her district includes portions of southern Brooklyn,including Coney Island,Brighton Beach,Bay Ridge,and Dyker Heights.
The 2022 United States House of Representatives elections in New York were held on November 8,2022,to elect the 26 U.S. representatives from the State of New York,one from each of the state's 26 congressional districts. The elections coincided with elections for governor,U.S. Senate,attorney general,comptroller,state senate,and assembly,and various other state and local elections.
Odus Evbagharu is an American politician. He is the chair of the Harris County Democratic Party in Houston,Texas. Evbagharu also serves as Chief of Staff for Texas State Representative Jon Rosenthal.
Iwen Chu is an American politician serving as a member of the New York State Senate for the 17th district. A Democrat,she is the first Asian American woman to be elected to the state senate.
