"Your party, true to its name, expresses the liberal spirit of America, combining a rigorous respect for freedom and civil rights, with a genuine concern for human welfare. Your steadfast avowal of these principles is a beacon of hope and a constant reminder of the force of fresh ideas."
Hubert Humphrey,
Vice President
Governor Mario Cuomo - since taking office, Governor Cuomo has doubled state aid to New York’s schools and introduced a host of successful social service innovations.
Comptroller Carl McCall - a crusader against over-spending by uncovering more than $200 million in wasteful government spending...a leader in helping minority-owned businesses.
Karen Burstein for Attorney General - has spent her entire life fighting for social justice...has experience as a legislator, an administrator, and a judge.
Senator Daniel Patrick Moynihan - is the Chairman of the Finance Committee, the first New Yorker to hold this post since 1950.
Early party leaders came from the labor movement. Liberal Party leaders regularly joined union members in Albany and Washington D.C. to protest for full employment and Civil Rights.
1. Immediate halt in the bombing of North Vietnam as a prelude to productive negotiations.
2. Immediate negotiations for a cease fire.
3. Free elections open equally to all parties in South Vietnam.
4. Withdrawal of American, North Vietnamese and other foreign forces from South Vietnam.
"The Liberal Party, unique among political organizations, has demostrated by its record a concern for the public good. Much of the economic and social progress in the State of New York can be traced to the Liberal Party."
"The Liberal Party is fulfilling a necessary purpose. The programs of liberalism are the programs of the future. If we are to revitalize our foreign policy, if we are to provide decent housing, adequate education, equal opportunities and right for all our citizens, and take care of the needs of the aged, we need a party that is not chained to the past."
........ Support President Kennedy’s Program!
........ Bring the New Frontier to New York State!
1. TAX INCREASES. Remember the reduction in exemptions that hit the low and middle income groups.
1. MEDICARE through Social Security.
to........
2. RENT CONTROL SCANDALS. Remember the loopholes in the state law and the rent increases.
3. ATTACK ON FREE HIGHER EDUCATION. Remember Republican Efforts to impose fees on city college students.
4. UNFAIR REPRESENTATION in Legislature and Congress.
2. CIVIL RIGHTS for all.
3. FULL EMPLOYMENT in an Expanding Economy.
4. Stepped up program of low and middle income HOUSING.
5. Restoration of PREVIOUS TAX EXEMPTIONS in N.Y. State, $2500 for married couples and
heads of families; $1000 for single individuals.
6. Increased federal and state AID FOR EDUCATION.
7. CONSUMER PROTECTION.
8. Correction of inequities in LEGISLATION REPRESENTATION.
9. A strengthened United Nations for World Peace.