Welcome to the Brooklyn Libertarian Party — where the spirit of liberty beats at the heart of New York City’s most vibrant and creative borough.
Brooklyn has always stood for individuality, resilience, and voluntary cooperation. From our iconic bridges to thriving neighborhoods built on free exchange, this borough embodies personal freedom. Yet today, government overreach — sky-high rents, crushing taxes, stifling regulations, and failed policies — threatens that freedom.
The Brooklyn Libertarian Party offers a better path: one rooted in individual rights, free markets, peace, and local control. If you’re tired of politicians trading your liberties for power, you’re home.
Why Join the Brooklyn Libertarian Party?
We stand unapologetically for:
- Individual Rights — Your life, your body, and your choices belong to you — not the government.
- Free Markets — Economic liberty that drives innovation, creates jobs, and lifts communities through voluntary trade, not mandates or cronyism.
- Peace & Non-Aggression — End the war on drugs, surveillance overreach, and endless foreign entanglements that waste Brooklyn’s resources.
- Local Empowerment — Reduce Albany and Washington control so Brooklynites can solve problems at the neighborhood level through community-driven solutions.
Whether you’re a small business owner choked by red tape, a renter struggling with affordability, or anyone frustrated with high taxes funding ineffective programs, the Brooklyn Libertarian Party is your voice for real change.
Leadership of the Brooklyn Libertarian Party
- Chair: Christopher Skelly
- Vice-Chair: Paul Grindle
- Secretary: Matthew Morgan
- Treasurer: Wendy Cai
Our Key Issues: Practical Libertarian Solutions for Brooklyn
Brooklyn’s energy, diversity, and creativity are unmatched — but excessive government interference creates housing shortages, business closures, unsafe streets, and failing schools. These problems aren’t inevitable. They’re policy failures. The Brooklyn Libertarian Party advocates solutions based on personal responsibility, voluntary cooperation, free markets, and the non-aggression principle.
Housing & Affordability Crisis in Brooklyn
Skyrocketing rents and property prices displace families, artists, and entrepreneurs. Rent controls and strict zoning create shortages and black markets while blocking new supply.
Our Solution: Repeal restrictive zoning laws, streamline permitting, end rent regulation distortions, and protect property rights by banning eminent domain abuse for private gain. Cut property taxes so owners keep more of what they earn. Result: more housing, lower rents, and less forced displacement in Brooklyn.
Economic Freedom & Small Business Support
Brooklyn’s bodegas, startups, and creative businesses face high taxes, endless licensing, and regulations that favor big corporations.
Our Solution: Slash local taxes and fees, eliminate unnecessary occupational licenses, oppose minimum wage mandates in favor of free negotiation between workers and employers, and end corporate welfare. Free markets reward innovation and create real opportunity for Brooklyn entrepreneurs.
Criminal Justice & Public Safety
The war on drugs has harmed communities, overcrowded jails with non-violent offenders, and eroded trust — while violent crime persists.
Our Solution: Decriminalize consensual adult acts, refocus police on actual violence and theft, support restorative justice and community alternatives, and end qualified immunity for officers who violate rights. True safety comes from respecting individual rights, not more surveillance or militarization.
Taxes & Government Spending
New York imposes some of the highest taxes in the nation, yet delivers crumbling infrastructure and failing services.
Our Solution: Cut property taxes, sales taxes, and other burdens hitting Brooklyn hardest. Phase out wasteful spending and reject new taxes or fees. Let Brooklynites keep more of their earnings to support voluntary charities, mutual aid, and effective local solutions.
Education Freedom for Brooklyn Families
Public schools often fail our kids with bureaucracy and one-size-fits-all mandates.
Our Solution: Expand school choice through tax credits or vouchers, remove barriers to homeschooling and private options, and end compulsory attendance tied to zip codes. Parents — not the state — should control education.
Personal Liberties & Medical Freedom
Government mandates during the pandemic revealed how quickly freedoms disappear.
Our Solution: Oppose all medical and vaccine mandates, legalize drugs for adults, protect privacy and free speech, and keep government out of consensual adult decisions and family matters.
Local Empowerment: Brooklyn First
Albany and federal rules micromanage everything from street design to business operations.
Our Solution: Demand greater home rule and decentralization. Empower neighborhoods to decide zoning, policing, and services through voluntary associations and truly responsive community boards — not distant bureaucrats.
Brooklyn First: Make Liberty the Default in Brooklyn
These aren’t abstract ideas — they’re practical fixes for the daily frustrations Brooklynites face every day. By shrinking government and unleashing individual potential, we can create a freer, safer, more affordable, and more vibrant Brooklyn.
Liberty starts at home. Liberty starts in Brooklyn.
Ready to take action? Join the Brooklyn Libertarian Party today. Volunteer, donate, or attend a meeting. Help us show New York City — and the rest of America — what’s possible when liberty is the default.