Angel Franco/The New York Times
The Rev. Al Sharpton at a 1990 rally with Lenora Fulani, center, and Fred Newman, right, two influential members of the Independence Party. 
Louis Lanzano/Associated Press
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg, a Republican, with Lenora Fulani last year. Dr. Fulani's organization, the Independence Party of New York, is expected to endorse Mr. Bloomberg's re-election bid today.
"Main stream" Marxism in New York:
"We're going to take things away from you on behalf of the common good." - Hillary Rodham Clinton June 2004
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/news/archive/2004/06/28/politics2238EDT0845.DTL
Interestingly, Hillary is the only politician in New York (Democrat or Republican) smart enough to keep her distance from the anti-Semitic Fulani. She won't go anywhere near the Independence party ballot line.
Honestly, I think that most NY voters who use that ballot line don't realize the actual nature of the party. They are thinking "I'm an Independent voter, not a Dem or Republican."
>More than a decade ago, when Fred Newman and Lenora Fulani embraced Marxist ideology
Who cares when these two registered Democrat?
The first thing to come to my mind is the movie "Escape From New York".....