On March 12, the New York Supreme Court in Brooklyn invalidated an Independence Party state bylaw. That bylaw, passed on January 28, 2007, authorizes the state party to remove any party committee member (state or county) for any reason. The Court noted that state election law already provides that state parties may remove committee members for cause. The decision interprets that law to mean that political parties cannot remove committee members without cause.
The January 28, 2007 bylaw had been passed by those individuals in the Independence Party who have been trying for almost two years to expel allies of Lenora Fulani from the party. The New York city party officers are mostly allied with Fulani, and they are generally able to win elections to party office throughout New York city. The party faction that is opposed to Fulani is weak in New York city.
Well, Well we have a dilemma here. Fred Newman who controls the party in NYC is king. Frank McKay who controls the state party and the Wilson-Pakula is also king. This is intention-counter intention which gave the party a problem.The party will never go anywhere until this problem is resolve.
Frank McKay does not control the County Committee’s Wilson-Pakula. The County Committee is protected by state law. That is why the court rejected the change that affected County Committees. The state committee can not remove county committee members. If the state law is changed, then we have a different story.