Senator Kirsten Gillibrand News

File photo of Steve Levy Next year is here. Even with last night's election returns still to be certified, the 2010 statewide election scramble becomes the main event.

Legislation is headed to the president's desk to name a western New York post office after Jack Kemp, the quarterback-turned-politician who died in May.

Democrat Bill Owens was sworn into Congress on Friday with his grandchildren by his side, less than 72 hours after he won a fiercely-fought election for the 23rd Congressional District seat.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has a series of events planned across northern New York today.

Now that William L. Owens has won election to Congress, the hard part begins. Mr. Owens arrives in the Capitol today as the House tackles health care reform, probably the most perilous vote of the year for Democrats in Republican-leaning districts.

Voters on Tuesday picked Republican challengers in many county races across the state, a sign of widespread displeasure with high taxes in the suburbs and an anti-incumbent backlash, political leaders and experts said.

In the past eight months, Republicans in New York have lost long-held territory to Democrats in two special congressional elections, leaving some wondering if the GOP still has the power to win top-level races in the left-leaning state.

Governor David A. Paterson today announced that New York will receive $3 million in federal funding to help protect State and local government networks from cyber security attacks and incidents.

New York Democrat Bill Owens, and Republicans Chris Christie of New Jersey and Bob McDonnell of Virginia, were the big winners in Tuesday's elections, while Conservative Party candidate Doug Hoffman, and Democrats Jon Corzine of New Jersey and Creigh Deeds of Virginia were the losers.

During a five-county tour Friday of the North Country, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand talked with local community leaders, focusing primarily on rural economic development initiatives.

New York Firm Recalls More Than 545,000 Pounds Of Ground Beef Products That May Be Contaminated By E. Coli - Gillibrand Renews Call For Federally Mandated Testing Of All Ground Beef Last Update: 11:18 am NEW YORK FIRM RECALLS MORE THAN 545,000 POUNDS OF GROUND BEEF PRODUCTS THAT MAY BE CONTAMINATED BY E. COLI - GILLIBRAND RENEWS CALL FOR FEDERALLY ...

Two deaths and 26 other illnesses may be linked to fresh ground beef that has been recalled because it might be contaminated with E. coli bacteria, a federal health official said Monday.

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand filled up a large room with gay activists at New York's LGBT Community Center yesterday for a 45-minute town hall meeting that touched on many issues important to the community.

SCHUMER: ADDITIONAL $1 BILLION WORTH OF CRITICAL WATER AND SEWER GRANTS WILL BE AVAILABLE TO LOCALITIES IN NY AND ACROSS THE COUNTRY TO HELP STAVE OFF TAX AND RATE HIKES AND ADDRESS MASSIVE WATER AND SEWER NEEDS OF NYS Schumer Secured Approval From Key Committee To Provide Funding in Form of Grants Instead of Loans to Upgrade Aging Water ...

In New York, he had been an absent father and abusive husband who worked erratically at makeshift jobs.

We know we've got a few friends on The Hill who have our backs. Harry Reid. Kirsten Gillibrand.

New research predicts that ObamaCare will swell America's Medicaid population by nearly 16 million individuals.

New York's ethics board has closed, without charges, an investigation into leaks of personal claims against Caroline Kennedy by someone close to Gov.

Share + Oct 27, 2009 6:58 pm US/Eastern HENRY C. JACKSON, Associated Press Writer More must be done to address dire conditions facing the dairy industry, farmers told Congress on Tuesday.

Senators representing the two states set to play in the world series, Pennsylvania and New York, have set a World Series wager Pennsylvania Senators Bob Casey and Arlen Specter are taking on New York Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand in a food wager over the World Series face-off, set to start Wednesday, Oct.