Green Party of New York

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Green Party of New York
ChairpersonEric Jones
Peter LaVenia
Founded1992;32 years ago (1992)
Headquarters87 Montrose Avenue Unit 2, Brooklyn, New York 11237
Membership (November 2020)Decrease2.svg 28,501 [1]
Ideology Green politics
Political position Left-wing
National affiliation Green Party of the United States
Colors  Green
New York State Assembly
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New York State Senate
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New York City Council
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Other elected offices2 (June 2019) [2]
Appointed offices3 (June 2019) [3]
Website
gpny.org

The Green Party of New York is the affiliate of the Green Party of the United States in the U.S. state of New York. It was founded in 1992 and is a part of the Green Party movement. The Party has had ballot access at various points in its history. It regained ballot status for four years when Howie Hawkins received over 50,000 votes in the 2010 gubernatorial election and retained it for another four years in the 2014 election, when the party moved up to line D, the fourth line on state ballots, passing the Working Families and Independence parties, with 5 percent of the vote. It lost its status as a ballot-qualified political party in New York as of November 2020 when the law governing ballot access was changed requiring a larger number of votes in the Presidential and Gubernatorial elections. [4] [5]

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History

The Green Party of New York had its roots in local Green organizing of the mid-1980s. [6] In 1998 the Green Party in New York achieved ballot status when its candidate for governor, Al Lewis, received over 50,000 votes. [7] Ralph Nader received 244,030 votes for President on the Green Party line in 2000. [8] As provided under electoral law, the party formed a State Committee, several County Committees, and set up county organizations. The party lost ballot status in 2002, when gubernatorial candidate Stanley Aronowitz received 41,727 votes, fewer than the 50,000 votes required. [9]

From 2003 to 2004 the Green Party had a city council majority (3 of 5 seats), in the Village of New Paltz. [10] This was the third-ever Green city council majority in the United States. New Paltz also elected a Green mayor Jason West in 2003.

The party's petition for the 2004 Presidential election was successfully challenged, and no Green Party candidate appeared on the ballot in 2004. National Green Party nominee David Cobb received 138 votes in New York as a write-in candidate. Meanwhile, Nader received 99,873 votes, appearing on the "Peace and Justice Party" and the "Independence Party" ballot lines. [11] The party has appeared on the presidential ballot every election year since then.

In the 2006 election, the party nominated Malachy McCourt for governor and failed to obtain ballot status by garnering only 40,729 votes, less than the required 50,000. Down-ticket candidates Rachel Treichler for Attorney General and Julia Willebrand for Comptroller fared better, but these votes do not count towards earning ballot status, and neither of these candidates were elected. The party also nominated Howie Hawkins for Senate who criticized incumbent Democrat Hillary Clinton for, among other things, supporting the Iraq War.

Nominated candidates

Presidential

The Green Party candidate for president in 2008 was former Georgia congresswomen Cynthia McKinney, who ran with hip-hop activist and New York resident Rosa Clemente as her vice-presidential nominee. The all-woman of color ticket received 12,729 votes in New York. [12]

Green Party nominee Dr. Jill Stein and homeless advocate Cheri Honkala of Pennsylvania earned 39,982 (.56%) in 2012. Stein would go on to receive 107,934 votes (1.4%) in 2016 with Ajamu Baraka as her running mate. [13]

In the 2020 United States presidential election, Green Party nominee Howie Hawkins won 32,832 votes (0.38%).

Congressional

In 2010 Colia Clark ran for Senator of New York against Chuck Schumer, and in 2012 she ran against Kirsten Gillibrand. [14] In 2016, Robin Laverne Wilson ran against Chuck Schumer. [15]

Ian Murphy ran as the Green Party candidate for New York's 26th congressional district special election, 2011. [16] [17] Ian Murphy lost and Kathy Hochul was elected. The seat was vacated by Chris Lee who resigned amid a scandal involving his response to a personal ad on Craigslist and the transmittal of shirtless photos. Murphy finished in last place in the four-candidate field.

Gubernatorial

Howie Hawkins ran as the Green Party candidate for Governor of New York, against six other candidates. His running mate was Gloria Mattera, of Brooklyn. [18]

Hawkins ran again in the 2014 Gubernatorial election against four other candidates receiving 5% of the vote.

Brian Jones, a socialist actor and activist from New York City, was the party nominee for Lieutenant Governor of New York in 2014. [19] [20]

Municipal

Dr. Alice Green received 5,448 votes [21] in the Albany, NY General Election for mayor in 2005, against incumbent Mayor Gerald Jennings.

Billy Talen ran for Mayor of New York City in 2009 as the Green Party candidate. He received 8,902 (0.8%) votes. [22]

Alex White received approximately 9% of the vote in Rochester's special election for mayor in 2010.

Anthony Gronowicz ran for New York City mayor in 2013. [23] [24] Christina González is currently running for New York City Council in District 7. [25]

Bryan J. Jiminez received 374 votes (2.29%) in the Albany, NY General Election for mayor in 2017. [26] Jiminez won in the primary election [27] in September, defeating Dan Plaat. [28]

Election results

Presidential

YearNomineeVotes
1996 Ralph Nader 75,956 (1.20%)
2000 Ralph Nader 244,398 (3.58%)
2004 David Cobb (write-in)138 (<0.1%)
2008 Cynthia McKinney 12,801 (0.17%)
2012 Jill Stein 39,982 (0.56%)
2016 Jill Stein 107,934 (1.40%)
2020 Howie Hawkins 32,832 (0.38%)

Gubernatorial

YearNomineeVotes+/-
1998 Al Lewis 52,533 (1.11%)N/A
2002 Stanley Aronowitz 41,797 (0.91%)-0.20%
2006 Malachy McCourt 42,166 (0.89%)-0.02%
2010 Howie Hawkins 59,906 (1.30%)+0.41%
2014 Howie Hawkins184,419 (4.86%)+3.56%
2018 Howie Hawkins103,946 (1.70%)-3.14%

Senate

YearNomineeVotes
1998 Joel Kovel 14,735 (0.32%)
2000 Mark Dunau40,991 (0.60%)
2004 David McReynolds 36,942 (0.30%)
2006 Howie Hawkins55,469 (1.2%)
2010 Colia Clark 39,185 (1.0%)
2010 (Special) Cecile A. Lawrence35,487 (0.79%)
2012 Colia Clark 36,547 (0.60%)
2016 Robin Laverne Wilson113,413 (1.53%)

Attorney General

YearNomineeVotes
1998 Johann L. Moore18,984 (0.44%)
2002 Mary Jo Long50,755 (1.23%)
2006 Rachel Treichler61,849 (1.44%)
2014 Ramon Jimenez76,697 (2.06%)
2018 Michael Sussman72,512 (1.21%)

Comptroller

YearNomineeVotes
2018 Mark Dunlea70,041 (1.16%)

Platform

The platform of the party is based upon the Four Pillars of the Green Party that originated with European Green Parties: Peace, Ecology, Social Justice, and Democracy. The Pillars are included in and expanded on in the Ten Key Values of the Green Party.

The official Green Party platform [29] in New York is set by The Green Party of New York State Committee. [30]

Issues

The Green Party of New York supports the ban on hydraulic fracturing, which was brought up in the gubernatorial debate by Howie Hawkins [31] and later approved by the state health department. Hawkins also pushed for a ban on genetically modified foods. [32]

Officeholders

While the party does not have any officeholders at the county, state or federal level, it has historically found some success at the local level. As of September 12, 2013, there were 3 elected Green mayors in New York State: David Doonan of Greenwich, James M. Sullivan of Victory, Saratoga County, New York and Jason West of New Paltz. All three have since left office. [33]

List of officeholders

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