Carolyn Maloney News

The attack against Joseph Holladay on the Upper East Side of Manhattan during Pride weekend highlights the growing problem of anti-LGBT crimes in the five boroughs.

As the calendar flips from June to July, we are now halfway through 2009 . Sanford and Lieberman made some news today, but there is campaign news as well on this first Wednesday of July: NJ-Gov: New FD Polls Shows A Tighter Race Between Corzine-Christie? When an incumbent is losing, it is hard to ever consider it GOOD news for the incumbent.

Hours after we found out that Rep. Carolyn Maloney is running for Senator in New York, now comes word that Rep.

Credit card companies are raising interest rates and fees seven months before new rules go into effect that will limit their ability do so, much to the irritation of Congress and consumer advocates.

NEW YORK, NY July 01, 2009 a 'A senior campaign adviser says New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney will challenge junior Senator Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary.

As consumers have been hit with huge interest rate hikes and increases in their minimum monthly payments, complaints about America's credit card industry are reverberating through the halls of Congress.

The primary between Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y., and Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y., could test the allegiances of New Yorka s Democratic leaders and congressional delegation - and threatens to widen a rift between upstate and downstate New York voters.

Kirsten Gillibrand will have a Democratic challenger for her U.S. Senate seat. New York Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney has decided to challenge Gillibrand in the state's Democratic primary.

UDPATE @ 4:31 PM via Greg Sargentwe learn that it's not "official" yet for Sestak:But Sestak spokesperson Jonathon Dworkin tells me that in fact, Sestak has not made a final decision.

Credit card reform may be looming in the headlines, but for now the fine print is still hitting consumers hard.

Al Franken's victory in the Minnesota Senate race gives Democrats a filibuster-proof majority in that chamber, and President Obama wants to keep it that way.

Rep. Carolyn Maloney has decided to challenge Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand in the Democratic primary, according to the New York Daily News : Maloney has decided to take on Sen.

Ted Kaufman says the SEC is not moving fast enough to prevent naked short selling, a practice which some think played a major role in the financial crisis.

This morning, a press conference was held outside New York's historic Stonewall Inn by grassroots online group The Power announcing its LGBT Civil Rights campaign for full equality.

Key players in five of the most intriguing intra-party contests Florida Gov. Charlie Crist , New York Sen.

Sorry last night's Polling and Political Wrap-Up was a bit brief. You see, the legislative...er...educational session was a little demanding this year.

WASHINGTON - White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel is defending his intervening in next year's New York Senate race.

Harder for women to breastfeed? Another blog devoted to children's health issues: Tough economic times may be making it harder for women to breastfeed? Yes! According to a recent ABC news story, one of the fall-outs from the recession is that some new mothers are feeling forced to take shorter maternity leaves due to concerns about finances and job ...

WASHINGTON - "It's about time," Joe Zadroga said Wednesday of the first Senate bill to aid those still suffering from the toxic clouds released on 9/11. "He always got turned away and told nothing was the matter with him," Zadroga said of his son, NYPD Detective James Zadroga , who worked The Pile at Ground Zero and died of respiratory disease in ...

Interesting news out of NY: A Quinnipiac poll released today looking forward to a possible matchup for the 2010 Democratic Primary for US Senator from NY, shows US Rep.