The New York Daily News and other media are reporting that a substantial portion of contributions to the New York state Independence Party in recent months has been from the Republican Party and Republican State Senators. See this story. Thanks to Bill Van Allen for the link.

The New York Working Families Party was a subject of this New York Times story in the March 5 print edition, but the story is sympathetic to the Working Families Party, and the inclusion here of this link does not mean to suggest that the two stories in this post are equivalent.