“As Buffalo voters start to head to the polls this weekend, I urge them to cast their ballot for India Walton as the next mayor of Buffalo,” Schumer said in a statement from DC.įrank A. Kathy Hochul’s turf, a Buffalo native who has said she would not make an endorsement in the race to the chagrin of progressives. Just hours earlier, Schumer had endorsed socialist Buffalo mayoral candidate India Walton, encroaching on Gov. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer was invited to join other New York pols on the dais. State Assemblyman Brian Barnwell (D-Queens) and City Councilwoman Adrienne Adams (D-Queens) were also spotted at the event. Notable elected officials dined together at a table, including Queens Borough President Donovan Richards, City Councilman Justin Brannan (D-Brooklyn) state Assemblyman Michael Cusick (D-Staten Island), along with city council speaker hopefuls - Democratic Councilmembers from Manhattan Carlina Rivera and City Councilman Keith Powers. Brian Benjamin, as well as state Budget Director Robert Mujica, who made the cut to stay on in state government, despite being known as an ally of disgraced, ex- Gov. Hochul’s new secretary to the governor Karen Keogh - whose husband is a lobbyist for the prominent Albany law firm Bolton-St. Vimeo Fox journalist Maria Bartiromo was the emcee for the annual Al Smith Memorial Foundation Dinner. Former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice poked fun at politicians such as California Gov. George Pataki and former NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg were also in attendance - who got massive applause and shouts of joy. NYPD Commissioner Dermot Shea, former Gov. Some of the political guests were more warmly welcomed than others: de Blasio received some light boos when he was introduced. This year’s dinner was hosted by Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo. VimeoĬardinal Timothy Dolan welcomed the guests with an opening prayer, in which he remembered the late Colin Powell, who died earlier this week. Cardinal Timothy Dolan opened the dinner with a prayer, remembering the late former secretary of state Colin Powell. Kathy Hochul, NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio, and state Attorney General Letitia James. Potential rivals who may be flirting with a 2022 Democratic gubernatorial bid, took the stage together for the 76th installation of the dinner, including Gov. “The NFL would be a lateral move, I don’t know if that would work.” But I already work in Silicon Valley, another place with huge egos and plenty of 20-somethings with more money than common sense,” she said. “You know that I’ve longed for Roger’s job … so maybe this is actually an audition in front of New York’s finest. Want to go for it mayor?”Īnd Rice reflected on how people have always asked her what she plans to do next in her decorated career, alluding to her desire to replace Roger Goodell as the NFL’s top executive. “Lately I’ve been thinking, if I’m going to hang out with a billionaire, I’d like to hang out with one who’s going to take me to space,” she joked. She also had fun with her frequent golf partner, Mike Bloomberg. “I haven’t seen this many wine glasses since Governor Newsom dined at the French Laundry,” she joked to the well heeled crowd. “I’m a California Republican, not a New York Congresswoman, so ‘tax the rich’ didn’t really quite cut it.” “Actually I thought, what am I going to wear? Because you see it’s complicated, in New York, these days it’s not enough to just wear a dress that looks good, it has to be a dress that actually says something …,” she said, to laughs. Rice, the event’s keynote speaker, took her fair share of jabs at some politicians, including AOC’s infamous “Tax the Rich” dress. Smith Foundation Dinner, the biggest fundraising event for the Archdiocese of New York, highlighted with a keynote speech from former Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice. New York’s political elite rubbed shoulders at the Javits Center in New York City on Thursday night for the annual Alfred E. Mattis: ‘I’m the Meryl Streep of generals’

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