The Green Party of New York is the affiliate of the

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in the

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. 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 } Howard Gresham Hawkins III (born December 8, 1952) is an American trade unionist, environmental activist, and perennial candidate from New York. A co-founder of the Green Party of the United States, Hawkins was the party's presidential nomin ...

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

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parties, with 5 percent of the vote. It lost its status as a ballot-qualified political party in

as of November 2020 when the law governing ballot access was changed requiring a larger number of votes in the Presidential and Gubernatorial elections.

History

The Green Party of New York had its roots in local Green organizing of the mid-1980s. In 1998 the Green Party in New York achieved ballot status when its candidate for governor, Al Lewis, received over 50,000 votes.

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received 244,030 votes for President on the Green Party line in 2000. 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

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received 41,727 votes, fewer than the 50,000 votes required. From 2003 to 2004 the Green Party had a city council majority (3 of 5 seats), in the Village of New Paltz. This was the third-ever Green city council majority in the United States. New Paltz also elected a Green mayor

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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. 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

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for

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and

Julia Willebrand Julia Willebrand is an American environmental, peace and education activist and was the Green Party nominee for the office of Comptroller of the State of New York in the 2006 New York state elections. Biography Julia was born in the Bay Ridg ...

for

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fared better, but these votes do not count towards earning ballot status, and neither of these candidates were elected. The party also nominated

for Senate who criticized incumbent Democrat

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for, among other things, supporting the

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Nominated candidates

Presidential

The Green Party candidate for president in 2008 was former Georgia congresswomen

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, 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. Green Party nominee Dr. Jill Stein and homeless advocate

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of Pennsylvania earned 39,982 (.56%) in

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Congressional

In 2010 Colia Clark ran for Senator of New York against

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, and in 2012 she ran against

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. In 2016, Robin Laverne Wilson ran against

. Ian Murphy ran as the Green Party candidate for

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. 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

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, against six other candidates. His running mate was Gloria Mattera, of Brooklyn. Hawkins ran again in the 2014 Gubernatorial election against four other candidates receiving 5% of the vote.

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, a socialist actor and activist from

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, was the party nominee for

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in 2014.

Municipal

Dr. Alice Green received 5,448 votes in the

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General Election for mayor in 2005, against incumbent Mayor Gerald Jennings.

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ran for

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in 2009 as the Green Party candidate. He received 8,902 (0.8%) votes. 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. Christina González is currently running for

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in District 7. Bryan J. Jiminez received 374 votes (2.29%) in the

General Election for mayor in 2017. Jiminez won in the primary election in September, defeating Dan Plaat.

Election results

Presidential

Gubernatorial

Senate

Attorney General

Comptroller

Platform

The platform of the party is based upon the Four Pillars of the Green Party that originated with European Green Parties:

Peace Peace is a concept of societal friendship and harmony in the absence of hostility and violence. In a social sense, peace is commonly used to mean a lack of conflict (such as war) and freedom from fear of violence between individuals or groups. ...

Ecology Ecology () is the study of the relationships between living organisms, including humans, and their physical environment. Ecology considers organisms at the individual, population, community, ecosystem, and biosphere level. Ecology overl ...

Social Justice Social justice is justice in terms of the distribution of wealth, opportunities, and privileges within a society. In Western and Asian cultures, the concept of social justice has often referred to the process of ensuring that individuals ...

, and

Democracy Democracy (From grc, δημοκρατία, dēmokratía, ''dēmos'' 'people' and ''kratos'' 'rule') is a form of government in which the people have the authority to deliberate and decide legislation (" direct democracy"), or to choose g ...

. The Pillars are included in and expanded on in the Ten Key Values of the Green Party. The official Green Party platform in New York is set by The Green Party of New York State Committee.

Issues

The Green Party of New York supports the ban on

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, which was brought up in the gubernatorial debate by Howie Hawkins and later approved by the state health department. Hawkins also pushed for a ban on

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2013 officeholders

As of September 12, 2013, there were 3 elected Green mayors in New York State: David Doonan of Greenwich, James M. Sullivan of

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and

of New Paltz. All three have since left office. The party did not have any officeholders at the county, state or federal level.

List of officeholders

*Rome Celli – Brighton School Board, Brighton * David Doonan – Mayor, Greenwich (Washington County) *Jennifer Dotson – Common Council, First Ward, City of Ithaca (Tompkins County) *Margaret Human – Town Planning Board, New Paltz *Brian Kehoe – Village Trustee, Catskill *Mary Jo Long – Town Council, Afton (Chenango County) *Edgar Rodriguez – Board of Education, New Paltz Central School District (Ulster County) *James M. Sullivan – Mayor of

*Jason West – Mayor of New Paltz *Jonathan Wright – Town Planning Board, New Paltz

References

External links

Green Party in New York web site
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