The New York Chapter was established in 1930 and currently has 24 active members and nine Lifetime members.
The New York charter members were Elizabeth Adams-Granger, Helen Atkinson, Alma Bailey, Jane Bolin, Dorothy Duncan Bourne, Katherine Braithwaite, Mercedes Brooks, Anita Hunter Caffey, Mary Goodwin Davies, Thelma Pyatt Decosta, Florence Cooke Dixon, Georgiana McLean Edwards, Elizabeth Adams Faithful, Dorothy Fleming, Ethel Harris Tate, Minnie Harris, Anna Decosta Hunter, Ruth Jacqueline, Katherine Johnson, Iona Johnston, Janice F. King, Suzanne Lawson, Katherine McCracken, Louise Moseley, Harriet Pickens, Althea Banks Price, Beatrice Roberts, Agatha Scott Davis, Edith Scott Jackson, Vivienne Scott Melville, Andrea Flourney Moore, Laura Nash, Jeanette Philyaw, Natalie Mirault Porter, Helen Imris Thomas, Dorothy Mirault Tucker, Yohannes Sellers, Rosey Swaine, Lee Waller, and Christine Suggs White.
The New York Chapter was one of the three original chapters with the founding of the club on June 30, 1930. The first National Convention held by the club was hosted by the New York Chapter in 1930.
Charter members Vivienne Scott (Melville), Phyllis Taylor (Means), and Ethel Harris (Tate) on 127th Street in Harlem in 1930.
