Green Party of New York State

Green Party of New York State
Basic facts
Type:	Political party
Affiliation:	Green
Top official:	Gloria Mattera, Co-chair
Website:	Official website

The Green Party of New York State is the New York political party affiliate of the national Green Party.

Note: This party was previously ballot-qualified in New York. As of March 8, 2022, it is no longer ballot-qualified. The content here reflects the most current information as of March 8, 2022.

Background

The Green Party of New York State is a ballot-qualified political party in the state. The party aims to promote Green principles and support Green candidates throughout New York. As of November 2015, the New York State Board of Elections reported over 26,000 registered Green Party voters.

Platform

The party's stated platform is composed of 21 main issues:

• Ecological sustainability
  "The human community is an element of the earth and all human endeavors are situated within the dynamics of the biosphere. Sustainable institutions, enterprises, and energy sources must support ecological health."
• Cannabis and hemp
  "We call for the immediate legalization of the growth, sale and possession of cannabis and hemp under NY State law, and for legal opposition to Federal prosecutions for the same."
• Civil rights and equal rights
  "We are committed to establishing relationships that honor diversity; that support the self-definition and self-determination of all people; and that consciously confront the barriers of racism, sexism, homophobia, class oppression, ageism, and the many ways our culture separates us from working together."
• Animal rights
  "Eliminate the subsidies that mask the true costs –environmental, physical and moral– of animal-intensive diets, while providing resources to enforce animal safety standards on farms."
• Divest public funds from fossil fuels
  "Immediately cease from permitting any of New York City’s and New York State’s pension funds from making any new investments in fossil fuel companies and completely divest from them within 5 years."
• Education
  "All children in New York State deserve a quality public education, pre-K – Grade 14, that fosters critical thought and creativity. Learning is a lifelong and life-affirming process and all people, regardless of age, should have equal access to education."
• Food systems and nutrition
  "Food is a necessity and a fundamental human right. All people have a right to adequate, safe, nutritional and high quality food; and those who grow it have a right to a fair return for their labor. Food show be grown in a sustainable manner with adequate environmental and health protections."
• Fracking for natural gas
  "The Green Party supports a ban on the hydrofracking of natural gas in New York State.The Green Party supports criminalization of hydraulic fracturing as outlined in New York Public Law 1 of the state’s Penal Code."
• Grassroots democracy and election reform
  "The Green Party of New York State asserts that all elected and appointed state and city officials are subject to the same laws that are placed on all residents."
• Healthcare
  "Establish a publicly funded single payer health insurance program covering all residents in the state."
• Housing
  " The Green Party of New York State believes all people have the right to quality, affordable ownership and rental housing in neighborhoods of their choice."
• Immigrant rights
  "The Green Party stands firmly for social justice for all those living in this country regardless of their immigration status. Our positions on this issue is laid out in the national platform."
• Indigenous nations
  "The Greens support New Yorkʼs recognition of Native American nationsʼ right to self-determination and self-government. Treaties with sovereign nations should be respected and honored in fact and appearance. The Greens recognize the sovereignty of New Yorkʼs native nations."
• Jobs and economic development
  "The Green Party must work to build a new economy in which workers and consumers exercise democratic control (and ownership) over economic decisions leading to a broader income distribution."
• Mass transit
  "Create sustainable sources of transit revenue funded by everyone who benefits from transit, including riders, drivers and businesses."
• Progressive taxation and fiscal policy
  "The Green Party strives for economic democracy through progressive taxation and fiscal policy. This includes a progressive income tax requiring the wealthy to pay their fair share."
• Public banks
  "Unfair and abusive monetary and lending practices by the banking system are a major cause of the economic problems in New York State. Many small business and community initiatives are unable to raise the capital needed to finance their work and/or forced to pay usurious rates."
• Public power
  "Democratize fossil-fuel producing industries so profits can be used to ramp up funding for renewable energy sources, conservation initiatives and worker retraining as these industries are phased out."
• Public safety and criminal justice
  "The best path to public safety involves a strategic approach to grow educated, civically engaged residents living in strong neighborhoods and healthy communities where residents work with law enforcement to assess problems and craft responses to those problems. All individuals, regardless of age, ethnicity, race, skin color, gender, ability status, gender preference, and economic status must be equal in the eyes of the law."
• Prison education
  "Provide access to education at all levels to incarcerated people in all of New York State’s prisons."
• Public welfare/human rights
  "The Green Party supports the right of those with disabilities, including the right to voting, access to health care, enforcement of the ADA, support for community and home care, and to an adequate income."
• Adoptee rights
  "Due to current laws millions of adults that were adopted as children are now being denied access to vital records regarding their births. "

Rules and bylaws

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See also: Rules of the New York State Green Party

The state party is governed by a set of rules and bylaws. Typically, these give structure to the different levels of organization—local, county, and state committees—and establish protocol for electing committee members. The bylaws also typically give details on the party's process for nominating and sending delegates to the national party convention during presidential elections. The following is a summary of the New York State Green Party's rules. This summary focuses on the structure and governance of the party:

• The state committee is the authoritative body of the Green Party of New York State.
• The state committee is required to meet at least twice per year.
• The executive committee is tasked with implementing the policies developed by the state committee.

Convention

The 2016 state nominating convention for the Green Party of New York State, when the party selects its delegates to the 2016 Green Party national convention, was held on June 11, 2016.

Leadership

The website for the Green Party of New York State lists the following state leadership:

• Gloria Mattera, Co-chair
• Ursula Rozum, Secretary
• Eric Jones, Treasurer
• Chris Archer, At-large representative
• Peter LaVenia, At-large representative
• Theresa Portelli, At-large representative
• Howie Hawkins, At-large representative
• Michael O’Neil, Staff organizer

Recent news

The link below is to the most recent stories in a Google news search for the terms 'New York State Green Party'. These results are automatically generated from Google. Ballotpedia does not curate or endorse these articles.

Green Party of New York State - Google News

See also

• Green Party
• New York

External links

• New York State Green Party Website
• New York State Green Party on Facebook
• New York State Green Party on Twitter