Reform Party of New York State
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Reform Party of New York
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| Chairman | Bill C. Merrell, Ph.D.-under appeal |
| Founded | 2000 (original) |
| Headquarters | Bohemia, New York |
| Ideology | Fiscal Conservatism, Libertarian conservatism |
| National affiliation | Reform Party of the United States |
| Colors | Purple |
| New York State Assembly |
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| New York State Senate |
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| New York City Council |
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| Website | |
| reformpartyny.org | |
The Reform Party of New York State (also known as the New York State Reform Party) is the name of two unrelated political parties in the state of New York: a qualified party active only in New York State, and the New York branch of the Reform Party of the United States of America.The New York branch of the Reform Party of the USA Chair is Bill Merrell, even if Curtis Sliwa obtains a position as chair of the new unaffiliated party, which is pending appeal in NYS. Curtis Sliwa has already stated that the Reform Party in NY will no longer be affiliated with the National Reform Party.
The National Reform Party had originally been affiliated with the Independence Party of New York from 1996 to 2000, during which Jack Essenberg was the NYS Chair of the Independence Party of New York State. The Independence Party separated from the national Reform Party in 2000. The National Reform Party has had a state branch in New York since 2007. It did not achieve ballot access in any statewide races between 2007 and 2014, but did get various candidates onto the ballot in local elections, most prominently Carl Person, who ran under the Reform Party banner in the 2013 New York City mayoral election. There have been hundreds of candidates offered the nomination and endorsement of the Reform Party in New York State between 2007 and 2014. Currently the Reform Party has ballot access.
The New York branch of the National Reform Party is managed by volunteers of the national party. The New York State Chair of the Official Reform Party is Bill Merrell, Ph.D., who serves as the Chairman of the National Reform Party. Effective 1-1-2017 having been elected to the position of National Reform Party Chairperson for a 4-year term. The Past National Reform Party Chair is David Collison, from Texas. Bill Merrell has been elected to the Qualified Reform Party and holds a seat on the legal interim committee. Effective January 12, 2016, Bill Merrell has become the chairman of the Interim Reform Party in New York State. Bill Merrell is already State Chair of the Nationally Affiliated Reform Party of New York State. Both organizations are working together to benefit New York State and the voters of New York.
The Original National Reform Party NYS and the Anti Common Core Party NY Reform Party are working together. The 2 Reform Parties are unified on many issues including Anti-Common Core platform.
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