Knickerbocker Republican Club

Elected Officials: Governor George Pataki, Mayor Rudy Giuliani, Mayor Ed Koch, State Controller Ned Regan, Congressman Bill Green, State Senator Roy Goodman, Assemblyman John Ravitz, Councilmen Charles Millard, Andrew Eristoff, Marty Golden and Thomas V. Ognibene, Jersey City Mayor and Candidate for New Jersey Governor Bret Schundler, and John D. Spencer, Mayor of Yonkers.

Party Officials: Sandy Treadwell, Chair, New York Republican State Committee; Brendan Quinn and Jason Powers, New York State Republican Committeemen; James A. Ortenzio, Chair, New York Republican County Committee; Fred Brown, Chair, New York Black Republican Council and member of the Republican National Committee.

Government and Community Affairs:
Peter Powers, First Deputy Mayor, Giuliani Administration; Caliph T. Mathis, Sheriff of the City of New York; Henry Stern, Commissioner of Parks; Michael D. Hess, New York City Corporation Counsel; Alan Kiepper, President of the New York City Transit Authority; Joe Holland, New York State Commissioner, Housing and Community Renewal; Herman Badillo, Chair, Board of Trustees, City University, Anthony Principi, Secretary of Veterans Affairs; Evan G. Galbraith, U.S. Ambassador to France and Chairman of the Board of the National Review; Constantine Sidamon-Eristoff, Director of the United States Environmental Protection Agency; Charles Raab, United States Ambassador to Italy; Ray Peck, Deputy Secretary, Department of the Interior; Roy Innis, Chairman, Congress of Race Equality; Floyd Flake, Clergyman, Former Congressman, and advisor to President Bush; Curtis Sliwa, Leader of the Guardian Angels and Host of WABC radio talk show "Curtis and Kuby"; Gaynor McCown, Sr., Vice President Edison Schools; Jonathan Bush, "First Brother/First Uncle"; Radio Personality Barry Farber, Mayoral Press Secretary Ed Skyler, and Joseph Mercurio, Political Consultant.

Authors:
Ken Auletta, Mansur Rafizadeh, Chief of SAVAK, Iranian Secret Service and Author of Witness.

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history. Founded in 1967 by a group of interested, concerned young professionals , the Knickerbocker Republican Club is the designated Republican party organization for the 76th Assembly District located in the Upper East Side of Manhattan.

purpose. The purpose of the Knickerbocker Republican Club is to increase the political awareness of our members and community, to provide a meeting place for members and their guests and friends who are interested in politics and current affairs, to encourage participation in political activities by building voter awareness of campaign issues and candidates for public and party offices and to help elect qualified candidates. Members participate in the many interesting facets of political campaigns. To fund these political activities, the Club sponsors an active social calendar.

party status. The Knickerbocker Republican Club is the official Republican County organization for the 76th Assembly District, with duly elected executive leaders and committee members who serve on the Republican County Committee for the County of New York. Several of our members have been nominated by the New York County Committee to represent the 76th Assembly District as State Committee-persons with the exclusive responsibility of nominating the Republican gubernatorial candidate. In its official capacity, the Knickerbocker Republican Club selects Republican candidates for party and political office.

community. The Knickerbocker Republican Club is a vibrant part of our local community and encourages members to participate in diverse East Side civic and charitable groups. The Borough President has honored several Knickerbocker Republican Club members for these activities by appointment to Community Board No. 8.

membership. We recruit and hold membership parties for new, prospective and renewing members. Annual dues include invitations to social events, special reduced rates for Knickerbocker Republican Club parties, and admission to "members only" functions.

social. We organize and host "just-for-fun" parties. These functions are extremely popular and provide an excellent opportunity for members and their guests to get together and meet new people in a purely social environment. Varying over the years, these have included New Years, St. Patrick's Day, Mardi Gras, July 4th and Halloween celebrations. Our December Holiday and St. Bartholomew's Summer Terrace Parties have become Knickerbocker Republican Club traditions.

Our other social events have included walking tours of Manhattan and Ellis Island, museum outings and theatre parties.