Steve Israel

Mayor Bloomberg and AG Cuomo weigh in today on the Senate sweepstakes: Cuomo, responding to a weekend story in the NYTimes that says he fuming and frustrated over the attention being lavished on Caroline Kennedy's campaigning, continues to be......

Dick Cheney and Joe Biden exchanged insults and different views on the role of the vice-presidency and the accomplishments of the Bush administration in TV interviews. Biden will be overseeing a task-force on the middle class. Obama, on vacation......

After returning from a widely-publicized overseas trip with Gov. David Paterson last week, Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) said his travels brought him to three places: Iraq, Afghanistan, and the Home Depot in Commack. ???The Town of Huntingon???s snow...

So now the Post reports that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver says he has "determined" that Caroline Kennedy could well be the next U.S. Senator from New York, which means of course that he would support her as a Democratic......

Obama floats Leon Panetta, former Clinton WH chief of staff, to head the CIA, and the pick immediately ignites controversy because of his lack of intelligence experience, but seems to mark a clean break with Bush era interrogation practices.......

Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington) just completed a jaunt through Syracuse, Utica and other spots in Central New York and told us of his chances for appointment by Gov. David Paterson to the U.S. Senate: ???I believe two things: One,......

Gov. Paterson, whose self-regard for his jokes, repartee and purported wit and desire to make himself a constant focus of attention are so far the most outstanding characteristics of his accidental governorship, now goes on the radio to share......

New numbers show unemployment hitting 7.2 percent, a 15-year high, and it's still going up, framing the entire political conversation for the moment. Obama's transcendency finally touches the earthbound muck of politics, as various Dems in Congress...

The House and the Senate have established YouTube hubs, providing a centralized locus for channels and postings from Members of Congress. Here's one of Schumer's not-too-creative posts, about a week old, in which he talks to the camera about the......

Steve Israel, in a release, announces that his Jan. 31 FEC filing will show that he raised a fairly whopping $475,000 in December and has $1.6 million cash on hand for his re-election campaign. Maybe it's just a routine......

In a potentially significant development, 15 upstate Democratic chairs write to Gov. Paterson, urging him to focus on merit -- rather than gender or geography -- in choosing a successor to Hillary, and specifically commending the qualifications of Andrew....

In a new Quinnipiac poll, New Yorkers favor Andrew Cuomo over Caroline Kennedy to fill Hillary Clinton's seat, by a 31-24 margin. Trailing: Carolyn Maloney at 6 percent, Kirsten Gillibrand at 5, Steve Israel at 2, 18 percent for someone......