The Green Party of New York City is a political organization that promotes a more equitable society in our urban political ecosystem.
We confront the two-party system and the corporate power behind it by linking the electoral process to struggles for peace, and environmental and social justice, especially for the underresourced and the underserved.
We base our action on political principles — the four pillars of our international movement — that truly reflect the needs of all.
Our purpose is to be the vehicle for electoral change, and to work in the courts and the streets to create a just and sustainable society.
The Green Party of New York City is an association of local organizations based in the five boroughs. (See "Join A Local" for details.) There are other Green groups throughout the state, as well as a state-level organization, the Green Party of New York State. GPNYS is an affiliate of the Green Party of the United States (GPUS)
The Green Party of the United States is a federation of state Green Parties, currently in 45 states. It is associated with the European Federation of Green Parties and the Federation of Green Parties of the Americas.
There are several hundred elected Greens around the US, including city council members in San Francisco, Boston, and Minneapolis-St. Paul. In 2008, Green Richard Carroll was elected to the Arkansas statehouse; new Green vote total records were set in congressional races; and a third Green mayor was elected in California. Over one million US voters voted for at least one Green candidate in the 2008 election.
The Illinois Green Party ran 54 candidates, the most of any state Green Party in 2008 (http://www.ilgp.org). 2008 is the first year in which the West Virginia Mountain Party (http://www.mtparty.org) competed in elections as an affiliate of the Green Party of the United States, with Jesse Johnson's run for Governor (http://www.jesse4wvgov.org).
Mr. Johnson's 4.5% is the highest percentage for an alternative party candidate for Governor of West Virginia since 1912, when the Socialist Party polled 5.6% (http://www.ballot-access.org/2008/11/07/west-virginia-green-gubernatorial-showing-the-best-for-a-minor-party-since-1912/).
