Kirsten Gillibrand

It was supposed to be a dream Cancun vacation for a young couple in love, and instead it turned into a nightmare, with a young Iraq war veteran dead, and a grieving girlfriend looking for answers. The family of Sgt. Joe Bitet say they don't believe how...

Former Governor Hugh Carey is being hailed by Democrats and Republicans as the man who saved New York from financial ruin. He died Sunday at his summer home on Shelter Island at the age of 92. The state's 51st governor is being remembered as a no-...

Families of loved ones lost on Pan Am 103, ordered blown from the skies by Moammar Gadhafi in 1988, are gratified over the downfall of the Libyan dictator. Bert Ammerman, whose 36 year old brother Tom, was among the 270 people killed when the jumbo jet...

When the 5.9 magnitude earthquake hit Virginia Tuesday at 1:53pm, people scrambled to call their loved ones for the next half hour. But Verizon, Sprint, and other mobile service providers got jammed up and many calls couldn't go through. While the cell...

No doubt recognizing he'd become the center of media focus, embattled Rep. Anthony Weiner chose not to participate in this year's Salute to Israel Parade. A staunch supporter of Israel, the New York Democrat has been an annual fixture at the parade, which...

When President Barack Obama lands at JFK Airport around 5PM today, he'll spend a whirlwind 6 hours in the Big Apple raising money. It will be the President's third trip to New York in the last month. On the agenda is a big ticket fundraiser at the...

Just five days after being shot in the brain at close range, Congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords passes a new milestone of recovery, and two people from the Tri-State area there to witness it call it nothing short of miraculous. "She was holding my hand...

The top Democrats in New York State turned out tonight for embattled, U.S. Congressman, Charles Rangel, showing up at his annual "birthday" fundraiser, held at the Plaza Hotel on Fifth Avenue. U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and KIrsten Gillibrand, along...

It was called a "Christmas miracle," but a last-minute compromise by Congress will provide a smaller aid package than originally envisioned to help victims of the Sept. 11 attack on the World Trade Center and the responders sickened as they worked in...

Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand has easily won a Democratic primary challenge in New York from Gail Goode, a little-known lawyer for New York City. Goode had little money, no big-name party support and was not considered a threat to Gillibrand, who was appointed...

Governor GOP - Primary Carl Paladino 32,703 - 73 percent Rick Lazio 11,799 - 27 percent Governor Con - Primary Ralph Lorigo 2,523 - 50 percent Rick Lazio 2,487 - 50 percent Lieutenant Governor GOP - Primary Thomas V. Ognibene 21,299 - 56 percent...

Joseph DioGuardi has won a three-way Republican primary election in a bid to unseat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York. The former congressman from suburban Westchester County faces a Democrat with a wide lead in the polls and far more campaign cash....