[Oldeconomybuyer]

[xzins]

but the posting stated that some planned to join other parties

I'll bet they'll be lined up at Republican Party doors.

[jalisco555]

The Liberal Party, which had lately been more concerned about patronage than ideology, contributed to the elections of Presidents Franklin Roosevelt and John F. Kennedy, Governors Hugh Carey and Mario Cuomo, and Mayors Fiorello LaGuardia and Rudolph Giuliani.

The article neglects to mention the Liberal Party's greatest "gift" to New York- the second term of Mayor John Lindsay. He lost the GOP nomination after his first disasterous term but was reelected on the Liberal line in 1969 due to a divided opposition. Reason enough to celebrate the party's demise.

[twigs]

They helped elect Guliani?

[Lurking Libertarian]

The "Liberal Party" hasn't been very liberal, or much of a party, for at least 10-15 years. In its hayday[sp?], the 1950s and 60s, New York State had some moderate-to-conservative Democrats (anyone remember Mario Procaccino?) and many liberal Republicans (Jacob Javits, John Lindsay, Louis Lefkowitz, etc.). The Liberal Party had a major influence by offering a second ballot line to whichever major party candidate was further to the left, or running a spoiler if neither candidate met its litmus tests.

In the last few years, the party lost its raison d'etre as New York Democrats became consistently liberal and the Republicans more conservative (by northeast standards); the Liberal Party simply became the personal tool of its chairman, Raymond Harding, who, for example, endorsed Giuliani over more liberal Democratic opponents in every mayoral race in exchange for City jobs for his family members.

[Redbob]

"The Liberal Party,...contributed to the elections of... Mayors Fiorello LaGuardia and Rudolph Giuliani."

They can't take credit for having elected LaGuardia if they were only in existence for 58 years, as claimed.
He was last elected in 1941.

[firebrand]

New York State's Right to Life Party is also gone.