Sen. Chuck Schumer will be having “dinner at his favorite DC restaurant’’ tonight, according to the invitation that went out for his 2010 re-election campaign fundraiser.

Individuals who make a suggested contribution of $1,000 will get a chance to break egg rolls at Hunan Dynasty on Pennsylvania Avenue with New York’s senior senator.

Suggested contributions by political action [...]

Fundraising for a recount battle in New York’s 20th Congressional District made Democratic Rep. Scott Murphy the top campaign fundraiser among freshmen members of the upstate congressional delegation during the second quarter.

Murphy was not declared the winner until weeks after the closely-fought March 31 special election.

The 20th CD stretches from part of Dutchess County northward to [...]

Kirsten Gillibrand has raised $3.8 million for what is likely to a tough battle next year to win both a Democratic primary and the general election.

Gillibrand, a former House member from the Hudson Valley appointed to the Senate in January, is sending emails this afternoon to supporters thanking them for helping her to raise $1.5 [...]

Call her Senator Mom.

During an address last week, New York’s junior senator added another topic to her family-friendly agenda: breast-feeding.

“This is an important issue to me as the first woman to be nursing while a senator in the history of America,” Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand told about 50 health- care professionals attending the first Summit on [...]

 
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced this morning that two members of the New York City congressional delegation have endorsed her.
 
Rep. Nydia Velázquez, chairwoman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus, and Rep. Edolphus Towns, a member of the Congressional Black Caucus, join a growing list of members of the New York congressional delegation who endorsed Gillibrand.
 
Gillibrand has been [...]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand announced this morning she has picked up two more endorsements in her 2010 effort to win the Senate seat she was appointed to in January. 

The Reverend Al Sharpton of Rep. Gregory Meeks of Queens have decided to formally back Gillibrand 17 months prior to the 2010 general election.

Gillibrand has acknowledged that she’s [...]

Rep. Carolyn Maloney confirms she received a phone call yesterday from Vice President Joe Biden that included a discussion of the 2010 U.S. Senate race in New York.
Interviewed this afternoon between House floor votes, Maloney told the Gannett Washington Bureau that she discussed a variety of issues with Biden, including the Senate race.

“But he did not ask me [...]

Rep. Carolyn Maloney’s possible announcement that she will enter a Democratic primary next year against Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand apparently has drawn the attention of the White House.

Vice President Joe Biden phoned Maloney on Wednesday, according to Elizabeth Alexander, Biden’s spokeswoman. She denied a report in The Hill newspaper saying Biden had met one-on-one with Maloney [...]

Republican Rep. John McHugh’s nomination Tuesday to serve as secretary of the Army already has sparked speculation that Democrats could pick up yet another House seat in New York.
In a memo released several hours after President Barack Obama announced McHugh’s nomination, the National Republican Congressional Committee claimed the move was partly motivated by the desire [...]

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has posted on her campaign Web site a copy of the 25-page questionnaire she filled out in order to be considered by Gov. David Paterson for appointment to the Senate.

There also is a copy of the two-page resume she submitted to Paterson.

The documents don’t reveal anything surprising about Gillibrand, who described her [...]