After insulting Buffalo, a subtle dig.
“Congresswoman Louise Slaughter weighed in on the comments, saying that when Mayor Bloomberg comes to visit western New York, she’ll have him meet with the real experts of snow removal, so he’ll be able to handle it next time.”
Also, love how they bleep out Buffalo Mayor Read More
After an earlier post on Senator Kirsten Gillibrand successfully urging President Obama to visit Buffalo, a spokesperson for Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown emailed to say that the mayor had also encouraged the president to come to Western New York.
“The mayor has met the President on several occasions prior to his election and had Read More
ALBANY—They're stocking up the podium behind Kirsten Gillibrand as she is anointed the next U.S. senator.
Two erstwhile contenders are up there: Tom Suozzi and Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown. Absent, for now, are Representative Steve Israel and Attorney General Andrew Cuomo.
It's a packed house, with the Albany, New York, and national media. Reporters have Read More
ALBANY—It's not Danny O'Donnell.
"The governor called me today and told me about 5 p.m., and invited me to come tomorrow," O'Donnell just told me, referring to David Paterson's scheduled announcement of who he will designate to be the next U.S. senator. "He told me I was not the designee and thanked me for participating Read More
ALBANY—Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown believes he remains a contender for Hillary Clinton's U.S. Senate, despite sitting down with the governor late in the selection process.
Brown met with Paterson the same day Barack Obama was inaugurated.
The mayor said of the meeting that he "definitely [had] the sense that I was being vetted 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
In a new poll from Marist College, New York voters are evenly split on who they want to see replace Hillary Clinton in the United States Senate, with 25 percent saying Caroline Kennedy, and 25 percent saying Andrew Cuomo.
Twenty-six percent say they’re not sure who should fill the upcoming vacancy.
Among Democrats, Kennedy Read More
ALBANY—Representative Brian Higgins is the New York delegation's choice to take over a spot on the powerful House Ways and Means Committee, filling a seat vacated by retiring Representative Mike McNulty, another upstate Democrat.
According to a congressional staffer, Higgins expressed interest in the seat last month during a meeting of the New York Read More
Here’s Buffalo Mayor Byron Brown, talking about how the structure of the presidential elections forces candidates to focus disproportionately on rural American, though most Americans live in cities.
The interview is part of a joint project by the Drum Major Institute and The Nation magazine. Also: Here’s Read More
