Dan Cantor is throwing down the gauntlet, threatening to withhold the W.F.P.’s support for Democrats who don’t support the health care bill in Washington.
In announcing the move, the party noted “Votes on the WFP ballot line have been the margin of victory for Democratic Congressional candidates in New York five times since 2002: Read More
According to Jose Serrano, Kirsten Gillibrand is going after the low-hanging fruit first.
In the days since Representative Steve Israel decided not to consider a primary against Gillibrand, following calls from President Barack Obama and Senator Chuck Schumer, other members of the New York Congressional delegation have quickly lined up in Read More
Steve Israel’s decision to abandon a potential primary challenge to Senator Kirsten Gillibrand was apparently the trigger for some members of the New York Congressional delegation to coalesce around the incumbent, as Gillibrand’s campaign rolled out endorsements today from representatives Yvette Clarke and Michael McMahon (as well as from State Senate Majority Leader Read More
Carolyn McCarthy, Steve Israel, Carolyn Maloney, Brian Higgins and Jerrold Nadler, along with Tom Reynolds and Jim Walsh, are on the impressively long list of House members who secured earmarks for clients of a powerful lobbying firm with ties to John Murtha.
The lobbying firm was raided by the FBI, which is investigating Read More
ALBANY—Caroline Kennedy is heading to Buffalo after a visit to Syracuse.
She called Erie County Democratic Chairman Len Lenihan last night, he confirmed this morning, but was mostly "touching base."
"My anticipation is she's going to come in and do things with public officials," he said. "I don't anticipate meeting with her."
It's Read More
ALBANY—New Yorkers seem to be getting used to the idea of Caroline Kennedy in the Senate as she "campaigns" for Hillary Clinton's seat.
A Siena Poll conducted last week — before Kennedy came out and officially expressed interest in the seat — found she was almost even with Attorney General Andrew Cuomo Read More
The chatter about replacing Hillary Clinton in the Senate has focused, on a largely speculative basis, on the likes of Andrew Cuomo (won statewide, can raise money, takes him out of 2010 run against the governor), Nydia Velazquez (a “twofer”), Tom Suozzi (helps Paterson with white Catholic voters) and Brian Higgins Read More
ALBANY—Assemblyman Jim Tedisco, leader of that chamber's Republican conference and one of the loudest advocates for upstate New York, sent a letter this morning to David Paterson offering his thoughts on who should succeed Hillary Clinton in the senate.
He asked for "the highest standards of public openness, transparency and bi-partisanship" in selecting a new Read More
Jennifer 8. Lee noted today that a number of Hillary Clinton's would-be successors were in one place this week when Governor David Paterson visited the New York congressional delegation in Washington D.C.
Among the most talked-about potential promotees in the delegation are Brian Higgins, who has the distinction of not being from New York Read More
Here’s a clip from About halfway through, Powell says, “We’ve lost our backbone.” He adds later, “A lot of us have become spineless Democrats.”
Towns voted against FISA.
In case you’re wondering, Democratic members of Congress from New York who supported FISA include Tim Bishop and Carolyn McCarthy of Long Island; Gary Ackerman, Read More
