The New York Young Republican Club

The New York Young Republican Club (NYYRC) is an organization for members of the Republican Party of the United States between the ages of 18 and 40 in New York City. The New York Young Republican Club is the oldest and largest chapter in the United States,[1][2] founded in 1911 with predecessor organizations going back to 1856.[3] The Club is affiliated with and officially recognized by the New York State Young Republicans [4] and the Young Republican National Federation, as well as the county,[5] state, and national Republican committees.

New York Young Republican Club
PresidentGavin Wax
Founded1911
HeadquartersNew York, NY
IdeologyConservatism
Fiscal conservatism
Social conservatism
Mother partyRepublican Party
National affiliationYoung Republican National Federation (YRNF)
Websitehttps://nyyrc.com

History

In the Spring of 1911, thirty-two young men, led by a young Manhattan lawyer Benjamin M. Day, along with, Philip J. McCook, Lloyd Carpenter Griscom, Frederick Paul Keppel, Henry W. Goddard, Edward R. Finch, Alfred Conkling Coxe Jr., and Albert S. Bard noted the lack of any Republican association especially appealing to younger Republicans in New York City. They sought a forum for expressing views which might on occasion be at variance with those of the party leaders as expressed in the local assembly district Clubs and in The Republican Club of the City of New York. In order to work within and for the Republican Party, yet be free to criticize party policies and leaders and to champion candidates and causes independent of organization control when the occasion so warranted, these young men formed the New York Young Republican Club in April 1911. This was an offshoot of the earlier New York Young Men’s Republican Club which was founded in 1879, which itself was a descendant of the even earlier New York Young Men’s Republican Union founded in 1856.

The Club’s first public appearance was a dinner held in December, 1911. The guest of honor was the President of the United States, William Howard Taft, and the principal speaker was Idaho Senator William Borah. The Club’s auspicious debut was attended by the leading politicians and office-holders of the day and was well publicized.

On February 8, 1912, the New York Young Republican Club, Inc. filed for a Certificate of Incorporation with the Secretary of State with the following objectives:

“To promote and maintain the principles of the Republican Party; to foster within the Republican Party and make practical in service of the municipality, state and nation, the idealism characteristic of youth; to correct in our own party that tendency of all parties to make organization an end rather than a means; to develop sound principle and public spirit in party politics; to promote honest and fair electoral methods, to the end that the expression of the popular will by whatever party or body, shall be as free, untrammeled and equal as possible; to resist and expose political corruption; to advocate merit rather than partisan service as entitling to public office; to watch legislation and to encourage public attention to and efficiently criticize the conduct of government.”

Leadership
  • President: Gavin Wax of Manhattan
  • Vice President: Vish Burra of Staten Island
  • Treasurer: Angela Van Buuren of Manhattan
  • Recording Secretary: Jaclyn Dolinsky of Manhattan
  • Corresponding Secretary: Alexandra Fasulo of Brooklyn
  • Activism Chair: Gabriel Montalvo of Queens
  • Advisory Chair: Jose Freijo of Brooklyn
  • Campaigns Chair: Zach Lountzis of Manhattan
  • Design Chair: Jonathan Doucette of Queens
  • Events Chair: Kristi De Vita of Brooklyn
  • Finance Chair: Gary Metaxas of Queens
  • Fundraising Chair: Elizabeth Holland of Manhattan
  • Law Chair: Tyler Grant of Manhattan
  • Membership Chair: Ilana Marcus of Manhattan
  • Outreach Chair: Fernando Acosta of The Bronx
  • Policy Chair: Iulia Lupse of Manhattan
  • Rules Chair: Nathan Berger of Manhattan

Notable New York Young Republican Club Alumni

See also

References
  1. "About".
  2. Surico, John (11 August 2015). "A Night Out in New York with the Young Republicans Supporting Donald Trump".
  3. "The Young Men's Republican Union, organized in 1856 as the Young Men's Fremont and Dayton Central Union, have leased the old head quarters". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA.
  4. "Find Your Club". New York State Young Republicans.
  5. "Links - Manhattan Republican Party". www.manhattanrepublicanparty.com.
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