Carolyn McCarthy

Our Reid Epstein caught up with Carolyn McCarthy today. She said that, contrary to some reports, she has no meetings scheduled with Sen. Gillibrand to discuss their differences over gun control and a possible primary challenge, and Gillibrand has......

Nothing motivates a member of the U.S. House than the prospect of angry constituents. That may be why House Speaker Nancy Pelosi today sent out a district-by-district breakdown of how many people were waiting for coupons to get converters for......

The Daily News reports that Steve Levy is mad at Kirsten Gillibrand for backing away from her conservative stance on immigration, and says he's hinting at a possible statewide run -- even musing about the Republican line. Our Rick......

Kirsten Gillibrand tells Newsday that she keeps two rifles under her bed! She's a little vague on gun-safety measures for her kids. Spectators devoured a portrait of Obama and Lincoln made up of cupcakes at the Smithsonian Museum (picture......

The latest Quinnipiac poll suggests, to put it simply, that Gov. Paterson has managed to destroy his own political standing through his handling of the Senate vacancy and his messy divorce from Caroline Kennedy, and the prize is there......

By now it is well known that Reps. Dennis Kucinich (D-Ohio) and Ted Poe (R-Texas) urged Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner to demand Citigroup cancel its $400 million, 20-year deal to put its name on the new New York Mets......

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, who has made Long Island one of her last NYS priorities for a visit, promised last week that she would be visiting soon, and -- sure enough -- she's coming tomorrow. But everything else is a......

With former President Bill Clinton on hand for tonight's top-dollar event near Central Park, U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand is expected to rake in an estimated $250,000 for next year's eleciton effort. Clinton appeared twice for her when she ran......

So far the names of possible challengers to Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in next year's elections have included three Long Islanders: Rep. Steve Israel (D-Huntington), Rep. Carolyn McCarthy (D-Mineola) and Rep. Peter King (R-Seaford). Now a fourth has been...

The bi-county Long Island Democratic Caucus met Saturday in an International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers hall in Hauppauge -- and one of the more widely-noticed guests was Nassau Legis. Denise Ford, who's elected as a Republican and caucuses with......

Early scrambling in the 2010 race for the junior U.S. Senate seat - now occupied by Kirsten Gillibrand - offers the best glimpse of the clashing ambitions at work in the state Democratic Party's nervous ruling circles. For her......

Jon Cooper has formed an exploratory committee to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in 2010, the Suffolk County legislator announced today. Cooper (D-Lloyd Harbor) filed paperwork with the IRS last week to form the federal fund raising operation. The move...