Kirsten Gillibrand

With Rep. Steve Israel out of the way, Jon Cooper is ramping up his exploration of a 2010 Democratic primary challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand with a new Website that he unveiled today. You can link to it here. The......

Even though her district sits well to his east, Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) has made her preference known for New York City mayor: Michael Bloomberg, the Republican candidate, whose clear plan is to once again use his personal fortune......

Nina Petraro Bastardi, looking to unseat Legis. John Ciotti, got a talking up from Democratic state chair June O'Neill at today's spring meeting of the party in Rye. She sent out a news release touting her joining with major party......

Asked if she???s gotten this far on skill or luck, Democratic Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, left, turns the question to why she believes Gov. David A. Paterson selected her for her current job. She raises the matter of gender. ???What......

by Mark Silva It's been one of those years for New York Gov. David Paterson, who replaced the disgraced former governor of New York, Eliot Spitzer, who was cavorting with call girls. First the White House tries to talk Paterson......

The yammerings of our elected officials -- who seem to conduct themselves every bit as gracefully as New Jersey's -- arrive in a rich cluster this fine spring day. Rep. Charles Rangel, Democrat, calls it "inappropriate" that he fliply said......

by Mark Silva Judge Sonia Sotomayor, among the top in her classes at Princeton and Yale Law, with nearly two decades on the federal bench and now poised to become the first Hispanic member of the nation's highest court, makes......

by Mike Memoli A panel of Democratic party officials in South Carolina Thursday reluctantly accepted results of a June 8 primary won by a complete unknown candidate who's become something of a national embarrassment. The candidate expected to win, Vic.......

NY1 News releases this part of an exchange, airing tonight, between Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and anchor Dominic Carter in which she predicts that AG Andrew Cuomo will not challenge Gov. David Paterson in a primary. Carter: You won???t believe......

Rep. Steve Israel tells Capital 9 News in Albany that he's been speaking with Rep. Carolyn Maloney, right, about the prospect of a primary challenge to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, and holds out the prospect that he could support the......

by Mark Silva Which is worse? Spending $13 billion on a new fleet of 28 presidential helicopters? Or spending $555 million for early termination of a contract on which the Pentagon already has spent $3.2 billion, having already taken delivery......

To say Democratic U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand leads a charmed political life is to risk underrating her ability to stay on message and push. But she has enjoyed great fortune, which appears to be holding up. At first, there......