Blay Tarnoff

	Blay Tarnoff
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	Secretary; Libertarian Party of New York
	April 2011—May 4, 2019
Predecessor:	Brian DeMarzo
Successor:	Fred Cole (ISC); Bill Schmidt (FLP)
	Chair; Libertarian Party of New York
	1995—1996
Predecessor:	Gail Bova
Successor:	Lloyd Wright
	Personal Details
Residence:	New York
Party:	Libertarian Party
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Blay Tarnoff is a longtime Libertarian Party activist, having joined in 1990. He served a number of roles on the State Committee of the Libertarian Party of New York including Chair (1995—1996), Vice-Chair (1998—2002), Secretary (2005—2007; 2011—2019), and as a Member-At-Large (2004—2005). He is the current chair of the Nassau County Libertarian Party.

Biography

Tarnoff joined the Libertarian Party in 1990. He was first elected State Chair in 1995, and served one term. He also served as Vice-Chair, Secretary, and At-Large. Since around 2007 or 2008, he has been Chair of the Nassau County Libertarian Party. In 2019, he was elected Chair of the County Committee, which is separate from the Executive Committee.

He is married to Caryn Cohen and is the father of Randyn Tarnoff.

Political Campaigns

White Plains Common Council, 1991
Nassau County Comptroller, 2009
Nassau County Legislator, 2019
New York State Assembly, 2020

Organizational Positions

National Libertarian Party

Member, Judicial Committee (2022—present)

Libertarian Party of New York

Positions

Chair (1995—1996)
Vice-Chair (1997—2002)
At-Large Committee Member (2004—2005)
Secretary (2005—2007; 2011—2019)

Committees

Member, Administrative Committee (2018—2019)
Member, Party Rules Subcommittee (2018—2019)

Nassau County Libertarian Party

Positions

Chair (c 2008—2019)
Chair, County Committee (2019—present)