LPedia:LPNY

This is a reference page for LPNY business.

Useful Links and Documents

Document	Notes
Rules - January 22, 2024 version (info)	Full list
Policy Manual - January 22, 2024 version (info)	Full list
Current State Committee

Current Committees

Standing Committees

Standing committees are permanent committees.

Division Committees

Name	Director
Communications	Vacant
Field Development	Andrew Kolstee
Finance Committee	Chance Haywood
IT	Justin Carman
Legislative Affairs	Rich Purtell
Outreach Committee	Vacant
Personnel Committee	Keith Redhead
Political Committee	Paul Grindle

Stand-Alone Committees

Name	Chair
Platform Committee	Daniel Castello
Rules Committee	Andrew Kolstee

Special Committees

Special committees are created for a certain purpose and dissolved after their required work is completed.

Name	Chair
Elections Oversight Committee	Andrew Kolstee
Petitioning Committee	Andrew Kolstee

Meetings/Minutes

Meetings of the Libertarian Party of New York (2022—2024) (V • E)
Date	Time	Location	Type	Agenda	Minutes
Saturday, September 17, 2022	2:00 PM	Niagara Falls, New York / Zoom Meeting App	State Convention	—	Minutes (info)
Sunday September 18, 2022	10:00 AM	Niagara Falls, New York / Zoom Meeting App	State Convention	—	Minutes (info)
Sunday, October 16, 2022	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (info)
Sunday, October 23, 2022	2:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	State Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (info)
Sunday, December 18, 2022	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (info)
Sunday, January 15, 2023	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (info)
Sunday, February 19, 2023	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (info)
Sunday, March 5, 2023	5:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	State Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (info)
Sunday, March 19, 2023	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	State Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (info)
Sunday, March 26, 2023	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (info)
Wednesday, April 12, 2023	8:30 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (info)
Sunday, May 21, 2023	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (info)
Sunday, June 4, 2023	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	State Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (draft) (info)
Sunday, June 25, 2023	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (info)
Thursday, August 31, 2023	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (draft) (info)
Monday, September 11, 2023	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	State Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (draft) (info)
Monday, September 25, 2023	6:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (draft) (info)
Tuesday, October 3, 2023	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	Minutes (draft) (info)
Monday, December 4, 2023	6:30 PM	Zoom Meeting App	State Committee	Agenda (info)	—
Thursday, December 14, 2023	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	Agenda (info)	—
Monday, January 22, 2024	6:30 PM	Zoom Meeting App	State Committee	—	—
Tuesday, February 13, 2024	6:30 PM	Zoom Meeting App	State Committee	—	Minutes (draft) (info)
Saturday, March 16, 2024	TBD	Watkins Glen, New York / Zoom Meeting App	Nominating Convention	—	—
Sunday, March 17, 2024	TBD	Watkins Glen, New York / Zoom Meeting App	Nominating Convention	—	—
Thursday, March 21, 2024	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	—	—
Wednesday, April 3, 2024	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	State Committee	—	—
Wednesday, May 14, 2024	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	—	—
Wednesday, July 10, 2024	7:00 PM	Zoom Meeting App	Executive Committee	—	—
Saturday, September 21, 2024	TBD	TBD Zoom Meeting App	State Convention	—	—
Sunday, September 22, 2024	TBD	TBD Zoom Meeting App	State Convention	—	—

Newsletters

This is a list of the newsletter publications for the Libertarian Party of New York. The LPNY published an official newsletter from its inception in 1972 to 2009, with some gaps in the later years. In January 2023, Free New York was revived.

History

Over the course of its history, the name of the newsletter had many changes. In its first issue, it was called FLP News, its second issue it was called Free Libertarian Party News, and its third issue was called Free Libertarian. A new logo was created and used in the newsletters starting in 1974, and the name continued to be "Free Libertarian" until the March 1980 issue. In April 1980, it was referred to as Newsletter with "Free Libertarian Party" listed in the header. In early 1983, it was known as FLP Insider and by June 1983, it was known as FLP News once again. As early as 1994, the newsletter was known as Free New York, while there was an unofficial The Free Press of New York in circulation from September 1995 to May 1996, when the Editor of both, Jeff Russell, only continued with Free New York beginning in June 1996. The newsletter was known by that name for the rest of its history through December 2009. After that, there was a long period of time in which the LPNY did not have an official newsletter.

List

1972

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
FLP News	July 1, 1972	Vol. 1, Issue 1	View (info)	Ray Goldfield
Free Libertarian Party News	August 1, 1972	Vol. 1, Issue 2	View (info)	Linda Klasman
Free Libertarian	October 1, 1972	Vol. 1, Issue 3/4	View (info)	Linda Klasman
Free Libertarian	November 1, 1972	Vol. 1, Issue 5	View (info)	Linda Klasman
Free Libertarian	December 1, 1972	Vol. 1, Issue 6	View (info)

1973

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free Libertarian	January 1, 1973	Vol. 2, Issue 1	View (info)
Free Libertarian	February 1973	Vol. 2, Issue 2	View (info)
Free Libertarian	March 1973	Vol. 2, Issue 3	View (info)	Martin E. Nixon
Free Libertarian	April 1973	Vol. 2, Issue 4	View (info)	Martin E. Nixon
Free Libertarian	May 1973	Vol. 2, Issue 5	View (info)	Martin E. Nixon
Free Libertarian	June 1973	Vol. 2, Issue 6	View (info)	Martin E. Nixon
Free Libertarian	July 1973	Vol. 2, Issue 7	View (info)	Martin E. Nixon
Free Libertarian	August 1973	Vol. 2, Issue 8	View (info)	Martin E. Nixon
Free Libertarian	September 1973	Vol. 2, Issue 9	View (info)	Martin E. Nixon
Free Libertarian	October 1973	Vol. 2, Issue 10	View (info)	Martin E. Nixon
Free Libertarian	November/December 1973	Vol. 2, Issue 11/12	View (info)	Martin E. Nixon

1974

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free Libertarian	January 1974	Vol. 3, Issue 1	View (info)
Free Libertarian	February 1974	Vol. 3, Issue 2	View (info)
Free Libertarian	March 1974	Vol. 3, Issue 3	View (info)
Free Libertarian	April 1974	Vol. 3, Issue 4	View (info)
Free Libertarian	May 1974	Vol. 3, Issue 5	View (info)
Free Libertarian	June 1974	Vol. 3, Issue 6	View (info)	Martin E. Nixon
Free Libertarian	July 1974	Vol. 3, Issue 7	View (info)
Free Libertarian	August 1974	Vol. 3, Issue 8	View (info)
Free Libertarian	September 1974	Vol. 3, Issue 9	View (info)
Free Libertarian	October 1974	Vol. 3, Issue 10	View (info)	Thomas Avery
Free Libertarian	Nov.-Dec. 1974	Vol. 3, Issue 11-12

1975

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free Libertarian	Jan.-Feb. 1975	Vol. 4, No. 1-2	View (info)
Free Libertarian	March 1975	Vol. 4, No. 3	View (info)	Arthur O'Sullivan
Free Libertarian	April-May 1975	Vol. 4, No. 4-5		Arthur O'Sullivan
Free Libertarian	June-July 1975	Vol. 4, No. 6-7	View (info)	Arthur O'Sullivan
Free Libertarian	August 1975	Vol. 4, No. 8		Arthur O'Sullivan
Free Libertarian	September 1975	Vol. 4, No. 9	View (info)	Arthur O'Sullivan
Free Libertarian	October-December 1975	Vol. 4, No. 10-12		Arthur O'Sullivan

1976

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free Libertarian	June 1976	Vol. 5, No. 6		Serena Stockwell
Free Libertarian	Oct.-Nov. 1976	Vol. 5, No. 10-11		Serena Stockwell

1977

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free Libertarian	January 1977	Vol. 6, No. 1	View (info)	Glen England
Free Libertarian	March 1977	Vol. 6, No. 2
Free Libertarian	May 1977	Vol. 6, No. 5		Carl Hastings
Free Libertarian	August 1977	Vol. 6, No. 8

1978

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free Libertarian	February 1978		View (info)
Free Libertarian	March 1978	Vol. 7, No. 2	View (info)
Free Libertarian	June 1978	Vol. 7, No. 4
Free Libertarian	July 1978	Vol. 7, No. 5
Free Libertarian	August 1978		View (info)	Fred Cookinham
Free Libertarian	October 1978	Vol. 7, No. 6	View (info)

1979

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free Libertarian	January 1979		View (info)
Free Libertarian	February 1979		View (info)	Fred Cookinham
Free Libertarian	March 1979		View (info)	Fred Cookinham
Free Libertarian	April 1979		View (info)	Fred Cookinham
Free Libertarian	May 1979		View (info)	Fred Cookinham
Free Libertarian	June 1979			Fred Cookinham
Free Libertarian	July 1979		View (info)	Fred Cookinham
Free Libertarian	August 1979		View (info)	Fred Cookinham
Free Libertarian	Sept.-Oct. 1979
Free Libertarian	December 1979

1980

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free Libertarian	January 1980		View (info)
Free Libertarian	February 1980		View (info)
Free Libertarian	March 1980
Newsletter	April 1980
Newsletter	May 1980
Newsletter	August-September 1980
Newsletter	October 1980			Gary Greenberg
Newsletter	November 1980			Gary Greenberg

1981

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
The New York Libertarian	Jan/Feb 1981	Vol. 1, Issue 1
The New York Libertarian	Mar/Apr 1981	Vol. 1, Issue 2
The New York Libertarian	May/Jun 1981	Vol. 1, Issue 3
The New York Libertarian	Jul/Aug 1981	Vol. 1, Issue 4
The New York Libertarian	Sep/Oct 1981	Vol. 1, Issue 5

1982

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
FLP Insider	January 1982	Vol. 1, Issue 1	View (info)
FLP Insider	March 1982	Vol. 1, Issue 2	View (info)
FLP Insider	May 1982	Vol. 1, Issue 3	View (info)

1983

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
FLP Insider	January-February 1983	Vol. 2, No. 1
FLP News	June 1983	No. 1	View (info)
FLP News	August 1983		View (info)
FLP News	October 1983	No. 3	View (info)
FLP News	December 1983	No. 4	View (info)

1984

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
FLP News	February 1984	No. 5	View (info)
FLP News	April 1984	No. 6
FLP News	April 1984	No. 7	View (info)
FLP News	June 1984	No. 8	View (info)
FLP News	July 1984	No. 9	View (info)
FLP News	August/September 1984	No. 10	View (info)
FLP News	October 1984	No. 11	View (info)
FLP News	December 1984	No. 12	View (info)

1985

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
FLP News	February 1985	No. 13	View (info)
FLP News	April 1985	No. 14	View (info)
FLP News	June 1985	No. 15	View (info)
FLP News	October 1985	No. 16	View (info)

1986

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
LP News	April 4, 1986
Free New York	December 1986		View (info)	Mike North

1987

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	May 1987		View (info)	Mike North
Free New York	Fall 1987		View (info)

1988

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	Winter/Spring 1988		View (info)
Free New York	Summer 1988		View (info)

1989

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	November 1989		View (info)	Francis Porretto
Free New York	December 1989		View (info)	Francis Porretto

1990

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	March 1990		View (info)	Francis Porretto
Free New York	April 1990		View (info)	Francis Porretto

1991

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	?????	Vol. 1, No. 1	MISSING	MISSING
Free New York	?????	Vol. 1, No. 2	MISSING	MISSING
Free New York	November 1991	Vol. 1, No. 3	View (info)	Rick Wolff

1992

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	January 1992	Vol. 1, No. 4	View (info)
Free New York	March 1992	Vol. 1, No. 5	View (info)
Free New York	May 1992	Vol. 1, No. 6	View (info)	Rick Wolff
Free New York	July 1992	Vol. 1, No. 1	View (info)	Rick Wolff
Free New York	November 1992	Vol. 2, No. 3	View (info)	Rick Wolff

1993

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	March 1993	Vol. 3, No. 1	View (info)
Free New York	May 1993	Vol. 3, No. 2
Free New York	?????? 1993	Vol. 3, No. 3	MISSING	MISSING
Free New York	August 1993	Vol. 3, No. 4
Free New York	October 1993	Vol. 3, No. 5
Free New York	December 1993	Vol. 3, No. 6

1994

Note: the May/June 1994 scan is missing pages.

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	January/February 1994	Vol. 4, Issue 1	View (info)	Robert Goodman
Free New York	March/April 1994	Vol. 4, Issue 2
Free New York	May/June 1994	Issue 3	View (info)	Robert Goodman
Free New York	October 25, 1994	Volume 23

1995

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	January 10, 1995	Volume 24
Free New York	April 10, 1995	Volume 24
Free New York	March 10, 1995	Volume 24
The Free Press of New York	September 1995		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
The Free Press of New York	October 1995		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	October 10, 1995	Volume 24
The Free Press of New York	November 1995		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
The Free Press of New York	December 1995		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell

1996

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
The Free Press of New York	January 1996		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	February 1996	Vol. 25, No. 1	View (info)	Eric Gruber / Elliott Werner
The Free Press of New York	February 1996		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
The Free Press of New York	March 1996		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
The Free Press of New York	April 1996		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
The Free Press of New York	May 1996		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	June 1996		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	August 1996		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	October 1996		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	December 1996		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell

1997

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	February 1997		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	April 1997		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	June 1997		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	August 1997		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	October 1997		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	December 1997		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell

1998

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	February 1998		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	April 1998		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	June 1998		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	August 1998		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	October 1998		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	December 1998		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell

1999

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	February 1999		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	April 1999		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	June 1999		View (info)	Jeffrey Russell
Free New York	September 1999		View	Jeff Doty
Free New York	December 1999		View	Jeff Doty

2000

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	February 2000		View	Jeff Doty
Free New York	April 2000		View	Jeff Doty
Free New York	June 2000		View	Jeff Doty
Free New York	August 2000		View	Jeff Doty
Free New York	October 2000		View	Jeff Doty
Free New York	December 2000		View	Jeff Doty

2001

Name	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	January 2001		View	Jeff Doty
Free New York	March 2001		View	Jeff Doty
Free New York	May 2001			Jeff Doty
Free New York	June 2001		View	Jeff Doty
Free New York	July 2001			Jeff Doty
Free New York	September 2001		View	Jeff Doty
Free New York	November 2001		View	Jeff Doty

2003

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	January 2003		View (info)	Albert Dedicke
Free New York	March 2003		View	Paul Hendricks
Free New York	July 2003	Vol. 3	View (info)	Gary Treistman
Free New York	October 2003	Vol. 4	View (info)	Gary Treistman

2004

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	January 2004	Vol. 1	View (info)	Gary Treistman
Free New York	April 2004	Vol. 2	View (info)	Gary Treistman
Free New York	July 2004	Vol. 3	View (info)	Gary Treistman

2005

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	January 2005	Vol. 3, Issue 1	View (info)	Gary Treistman
Free New York	April 2005	Vol. 3, Issue 2A	View (info)	Gary Treistman
Free New York	April 2005	Vol. 3, Issue 2B	View (info)	Gary Treistman
Free New York	July 2005	Vol. 3, Issue 3	View (info)	Gary Treistman
Free New York	October 2005	Vol. 3, Issue 4	View (info)	Gary Treistman

2006

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	January 2006	Vol. 4, Issue 1	MISSING	Gary Treistman
Free New York	April 2006	Vol. 4, Issue 2	View (info)	Gary Treistman
Free New York	July 2006	Vol. 4, Issue 3	View (info)	Gary Treistman

2007

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	June 2007	Vol. 1, Issue 1	View (info)

2008

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	March 2008	Vol. 1, Issue 1
Free New York	July 2008	Vol. 1, Issue 2	View (info)

2009

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	January 2009	Vol. 1, Issue 3	View (info)
Free New York	December 2009	Vol. 1, Issue 4	View (info)

2023

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	January 2023	Vol. 52, No. 1	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	February 2023	Vol. 52, No. 2	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	March 2023	Vol. 52, No. 3	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	April 2023	Vol. 52, No. 4	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	May 2023	Vol. 52, No. 5	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	June 2023	Vol. 52, No. 6	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	July 2023	Vol. 52, No. 7	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	August 2023	Vol. 52, No. 8	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	September 2023	Vol. 52, No. 9	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	October 2023	Vol. 52, No. 10	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	November 2023	Vol. 52, No. 11	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	December 2023	Vol. 52, No. 12	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee

2024

Title	Date	Vol./Issue	View	Editor
Free New York	January 2024	Vol. 53, No. 1	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	February 2024	Vol. 53, No. 2	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	March 2024	Vol. 53, No. 3	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	April 2024	Vol. 53, No. 4	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	May 2024	Vol. 53, No. 5	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	June 2024	Vol. 53, No. 6	View (info)	Andrew Kolstee
Free New York	July 2024	Vol. 53, No. 7

List of Newsletters
National:	LP News
State Indexes:	Alabama • Alaska • Arizona • Florida • Ohio • Nevada • New Jersey • New Mexico • New York • Ohio • Oklahoma • Vermont • Wyoming
California:	California Libertarian News (1985-1992) • California Liberty (1994-1996) • California Freedom (2003-2009) • LPC Monthly (California) • The Libertarian (newsletter)
Colorado:	Colorado CLiPboard (1985-1994) • Colorado Liberty (1977-2023)
New Jersey:	Premise (1972—1974) • The Spirit of '76 (1974) • New Jersey Libertarian Newsletter (1974) • Libertarian New Jersey (1974) New Jersey Libertarian Party (1975) • Libertarian New Jersey (1975) • NJ Libertarian Party News (1975—1977)
New York:	FLP News (1972) • Free Libertarian Party News (1972) • FLP Insider (1982—1983) • Free Libertarian (1972—1980) • Newsletter (1980) • FLP News (1983—1985) Free New York (1986—present) • The Free Press of New York (1995—1996)
Texas:	Free Texas (1980-1984) • Lone Star Liberty (2001—2010)Georgia Libertarian (1987-2003) • Hoosier Libertarian (Indiana) • FREE! (Hawaii, 1973) Libertarian Party of Hawaii News (2009-2013) • The Connecticut Libertarian (1996-2007) • The Utah Liberator • Virginia Libertarian (1974-1983) • Virginia Liberty (1985-2014)