The Freedom Party of New York is a name given to two separate political parties that existed only in the state of New York. The first, created by allies of would-be Governor George Pataki, gained ballot access in the 1994 gubernatorial election under the name "Tax Cut Now Party," and gained the requisite 50,000 votes to retain permanent ballot access through the 1998 election, when it lost permanent ballot access and ceased to exist. It endorsed Republican Bob Dole in the 1996 presidential election.
The second, very different, party was founded in 2010 by former Black Panther and outgoing New York City Councilman Charles Barron on a black progressive platform.[1]
That party finished sixth out of seven candidates in the 2010 gubernatorial election, with Barron receiving 20,775 votes according to preliminary reports.[2]. The final vote was 24,572. [3]
The party held a founding convention February 13-14, 2011 in New York City, adopting a platform of "structural transformation of the political and economic system that included: An equitable redistribution of wealth, progressive taxation, free education from pre-k to post baccalaureate, jobs, reparations, housing, political prisoners, women’s rights, support for youth and seniors, end to police brutality and deadly force, and clean and renewable energy."
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