On June 17, the New York Assembly passed S7111 by 82-49.  It expands the ability of parties to expel members believed to be not in sympathy with the party’s political stances.  The law already let parties do this if they have county committees in the affected counties.  The bill says a party can also exert this power if it doesn’t have county committees; the power would be exercised by the state committee.

The Working Families Party had requested this bill after an incident in 2024 when Republican-sympathetic voters had enrolled in WFP and altered one of its U.S. House nomination contests.