The Ballad of Josh, Jef and Howard

In 1998, Josh Isay recruited his best friend and fellow Capitol Hill operative, Howard Wolfson, to return to their native New York and work on the long-shot U.S. Senate campaign of his boss, Representative Chuck Schumer. Around the same time, Jefrey Pollock, then a 27-year-old Philadelphia transplant who tried to mask his pubescent appearance Read More

Kirsten Gillibrand, Like Chuck Schumer With Connections

Kirsten Gillibrand kind of knows everyone in politics. Just ask her.

“What makes me so successful is that I’ve developed so many relationships,” she said in a phone interview on Jan. 27, hours after being sworn in as a U.S. senator, as she walked to the Senate floor to cast her first vote. “Because I Read More

Pollock: Tremendous Ferrer Overwhelms

Freddy Ferrer‘s pollster, Jef Pollock, is sounding rather confident in this email that just found its way into our inbox:

“To: Friends of Fernando Ferrer
From: Jefrey Pollock, Ferrer Campaign Pollster
Date: March 22, 2005

“The polls are in, and Fernando Ferrer continues to dominate in both the general Read More