August 9, 2010 (Lindenhurst, NY) Independence Party Chairman Frank MacKay today urged independents throughout the State and nation to read Andrew Cuomo’s “The New New York Agenda: A Plan for Action”.

MacKay stated, “as New Yorkers everywhere, in all corners of this State, struggle with the high cost of living, joblessness, rising energy costs and the outflow of jobs, Andrew Cuomo offers the answers we all need to put the State back on course.”

The book details political reform measures embraced by independents, and solutions that can be taken RIGHT NOW to streamline government and repair our aging infrastructure.

“This guide offers practical insights into the operational and policy issues we face, but most of all it offers practical solutions.”

A Message From Chairman Frank MacKay

In nation’s current state of political and economic dysfunction, there is a wave of finger-pointing going on.  The growing discontent is leading to what may be described as a populist uprising – the emergence of   “outsider” candidates running for public office, “Tea Party” protests and a grassroots groundswell for a leader that can solve the problems facing the country.

It is becoming increasingly clear that the People no longer believe that the two major parties, the Republicans and Democrats, can act in a bi-partisan way to reverse the current trend toward America’s financial insolvency, and its associated degradation of our healthcare system, our national employment prospects and infrastructural disrepair.

Independents know that our American form of democracy, the greatest in the world, can rationalize the need to engage in spirited debate and still find common ground without causing the kind of gridlock caused major party extremism.

The country, is after all, a big tent of ideas, innovations and competing visions.

And that is what the Independence Party of New York State is all about.

A true independent can speak to all sides; find compromise and hit the right tone for the benefit of the American people.

In other words, independents in Suffolk County may have different priorities or social views than self-described independents in New York City, Buffalo or Jamestown, but we can band together in the spirit of applying common sense solutions to addressing the state’s problems.  We can band together in the spirit of fostering competent and innovative leadership in Albany – just as we have witnessed centuries of American ingenuity applied to technology, inventiveness and business.  We can fix the dysfunction.

We must make New York State a business-friendly place that fosters job growth. Without jobs, we will continue to wallow in the reckless fiscal mess driven by years of high taxes and declining employment options in many parts of our state.

Small business is the heart and soul of New York’s tax base and employ more New Yorkers than any other sector.

Small business owners are fiercely independent and understand the daily grind of having to balance budgets, innovate and find solutions.

I ask you to join us on this mission, support the Party and DECLARE YOUR INDEPENDENCE TODAY.

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Reform-Minded Slate Nominated at Independence Party Convention

COLONIE, NY (6/5/2010) — At its nominating convention held today at the Holiday Inn Turf in Colonie, New York, the Independence Party of New York State nominated the following candidates for statewide offices:

Andrew Cuomo for Governor

Robert Duffy for Lieutenant Governor

Harry Wilson for Comptroller

Stephen J. Lynch for Attorney General

And Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand for United States Senate

State Chairman Frank MacKay offered the following statement, “The members of the Independence Party represent a cross-section of political views, but we are firmly united in our beliefs that our growing dysfunctional governing bodies in NYS and Washington, DC are deeply in need of reform from the bottom up and the top down. Our slate of candidates has pledged to the People of New York to make reform their number one priority.”

In his acceptance speech, Cuomo made the following statement, “The point that the Independence Party has always made is that reform is going to come from the people. This is going to be a different kind of campaign. It’s not about me, it’s about we.”

READ ABOUT IT IN THE TROY RECORD

TROY — The executive committee of the Independence Party endorsed Attorney General Andrew Cuomo, the Democratic gubernatorial candidate, Tuesday in the Collar City.

“This campaign is all about changing Albany,” said Cuomo outside the Hilton Garden Inn on Hoosick Street, where he was joined by Independence Party chair Frank MacKay and other executive committee members. “We need to try a different way … the different way for me is to build support among the people of New York.”

Cuomo, 52, announced his campaign Saturday. He’s now headed to the Democratic State Convention, which kicks off today where he will receive that party’s endorsement.

“The executive committee is overwhelmingly supporting, unanimously supporting, Attorney Andrew General Cuomo for the next governor of New York,” said Mackay. “We think he is the independent voice that will take New York out of this current crisis. His reform agenda is outstanding.”

Cuomo is a candidate MacKay said he wants Republicans and Independents alike to feel comfortable voting for along his party’s lines…….