Politics on the Hudson

This came in recently from Eastchester Republicans: On May 26th more than 200 friends and supporters gathered at Lake Isle Country Club for the Eastchester Republican Town Committee 2011 Campaign Kickoff honoring the 2011 Republican Candidates: • Supervisor Anthony S. Colavita • Town Councilman Glenn Bellitto • Town Clerk Linda… Read More →

Folk legend Pete Seeger will headline a fundraiser for Democratic attorney general candidate Richard Brodsky in Cortlandt Manor this weekend. Brodsky, a Greenburgh, Westchester County assemblyman, represented Seeger and other environmentalists in a lawsuit aimed at cleaning up the Hudson River. “We started to get to know each other in… Read More →

Congressman Charles Rangel’s birthday bash at Tavern on the Green in Manhattan on Aug. 11 features an interesting assortment of headliner guests: Gov. David Paterson and Richard Ravitch, a former transit authority chairman and Paterson’s pick for lieutenant governor. Other featured guests include New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, his… Read More →

State Assemblyman Greg Ball, R-Patterson, a challenger for the 19th District Congressional seat, has proclaimed that the $182,149 he raised between Feb. 1 and June 30 shows broad support. But the figures vaunted by Ball don’t take into account the time it took him to raise the money compared with… Read More →

Assemblywoman Sandy Galef will be the beneficiary of a fundraiser set for Sat, Sept. 27th at the home of David Swope, 132 Hawkes Avenue, Ossining. Congresswoman Nita Lowey is expected to attend, along with an unspecified “special Guest and speaker,” according to an email from Galef. Tickets are $125 per… Read More →

By LIZ SIDOTI Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) — John McCain raised $27 million in July, his largest one-month fundraising haul since clinching the Republican presidential nomination, while the Republican National Committee brought in nearly $26 million. The GOP nominee-in-waiting had $21 million to spend as August began and the… Read More →