
Schumer's Partner
“If I could choose anyone to be my partner in fighting these battles, it would be Kirsten Gillibrand.”
–Chuck Schumer in a fundraising email for Gillibrand, sent Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

“If I could choose anyone to be my partner in fighting these battles, it would be Kirsten Gillibrand.”
–Chuck Schumer in a fundraising email for Gillibrand, sent Tuesday, March 29, 2011.

Dead Voters: Makes it harder to get on the ballot. [Tom Wrobleski]
Bike Lanes: Not something Schumer wants to talk Read More

Geraldine A. Ferraro, the former Queens congresswoman who in 1984 strode onto a podium to accept the Democratic nomination for vice president and to take her place in American history as the first woman nominated for national office by a major party, died on Saturday at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston. She Read More

The two new videos from the Human Rights Coalition features New York’s two U.S. Senators, signaling that there’s really no reason for any Democratic legislator in Albany not to vote for same-sex marriage, which could come up by June.
Schumer, a Brooklyn native, helps steer the Democrats nationally; and Gillibrand has become an avid Read More
Hillary Clinton: 2012, 2016, V.P., Designated Hitter. [CNN]
2012: Independent senator invites a challenge from Obama’s left. [WNYC]
NCAA: Obama’s picks. [ESPN]
NCAA: “Ridiculous,” says New York’s Bill O’Reilly of Obama making NCAA picks as Japan struggles. [Blackberry Alarm Clock]
Albany Budget: “There are other ways to get the Read More

Senator Schumer took a moment out of advocating for bus regulations to reiterate his desire to see NYPD Commissioner Ray Kelly appointed the new director of the FBI when Robert Mueller’s term ends in September.
Schumer reminded the press corp who assembled on the City Hall steps this morning for his bus announcement Read More

Senator Schumer and Congresswoman Velazquez are asking for the National Transportation Safety Board to expand their investigation into the fatal bus accident that killed 15 people after it rolled over and was sliced in half.
“We need more regulations,” said Velazquez, on the steps of City Hall.
Schumer said the need to look at Read More

Park Slope Council Member Brad Lander held a hastily-arranged news conference on the steps of City Hall today to refute charges laid out in a lawsuit that seeks the removal of a bike lane in a tony neighborhood in Brooklyn.
The suit made the front page of The New York Times today, and the article Read More

Last Wednesday afternoon, James Dolan rose from his stool on a makeshift stage in the bowels of Madison Square Garden and shuffled to the podium to introduce Carmelo Anthony, the unstoppable small forward for whom the Knicks had just dealt half of their starting lineup to anoint as the team’s latest savior.
“While we have Read More

When it comes to redistricting, Ed Koch doesn’t agree with Chuck Schumer.
“Chuck Schumer’s view is it should be partisan and redrawn to protect parties. He’s dead wrong,” Koch told me an interview this afternoon. “He says they would lose three [congressional] seats. I say redistricting is not intended to ensure the outcome of Read More