Just one day after House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) announced that House Republicans would take action to defend the Defense of Marriage Act, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) is urging GOP leadership not to waste taxpayer resources to defend the unconstitutional law. Gillibrand, in a letter to House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), said Congress should [...]
A former Republican congressman is about to throw his hat into the ring for the U.S. Senate seat held by Kirsten Gillibrand. Joe DioGuardi, seen above, who represented the suburbs north of the city for two terms in the 1980s, is set to announce his candidacy on Tuesday. He is expected to make the announcement [...]
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is getting fundraising help from President Barack Obama’s former campaign manager as she faces a possible primary challenge from Harold Ford Jr. David Plouffe will be the featured speaker at a Feb. 22 breakfast fundraiser at a yet-to-be-determined New York City law firm, according to the Gillibrand campaign. Plouffe led Obama’s winning [...]
As she tries to shore up support for her election bid, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand has reportedly received the backing of one of the country’s most powerful Democrats. Former President Bill Clinton is supporting Gillibrand’s election, according to the Daily News. The paper cites a Clinton aide, who says the former president thinks Gillibrand is doing [...]
A politician from Long Island has become the first Republican to throw his hat in the ring for Kirsten Gillibrand’s Senate seat. Bruce Blakeman announced his campaign Sunday. He is a former presiding officer of the Nassau County Legislature. He’s also a former commissioner of the Port Authority, and his ex-wife is Metropolitan Transportation Authority [...]
They were composed together at a Haiti vigil in Midtown Wednesday evening. But otherwise, it’s grown increasingly contentious between Senator Kirsten Gillibrand and Harold Ford Junior, the former Tennessee Congressman who, so far, is only eyeing her seat. Mostly, the rumbling is done by surrogates and allies. For Gillibrand, a Los Angeles film company that [...]
Queens Senator Hiram Monserrate said in a statement today that he will cooperate fully with the legislative committee that will decide whether he should remain in the State Senate. Monserrate was convicted on a misdemeanor charge of injuring girlfriend Karla Giraldo but acquitted of all felony charges. Sources tell NY1 that Senate Majority Conference Leader [...]
New York Gov. David Paterson keeps sinking in the public’s opinion, and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is stuck in the vortex: She has to avoid getting sucked down by the governor’s historic low ratings without appearing ungrateful to the man who picked her to replace Hillary Rodham Clinton. Gillibrand, a little-known second-term congresswoman before Paterson named [...]
Mayoral candidate William Thompson was endorsed today by New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand in his run for mayor. The senators announced their support for their fellow Democrat at an event in Union Square this afternoon. The comptroller also got help from some of the city’s leading Democrats yesterday, who said personal support [...]
Former New York Gov. George Pataki returned Thursday to the Capitol for the unveiling of his portrait, surrounded by supporters who packed a room and gave him standing ovations. The three-term Republican governor, saying it was not a day for politics, declined to speculate on whether he’ll run for the U.S. Senate next year. Instead [...]
