Suozzi at event: "I also have a very selfish reason I want to win this race. I want to win this race so on Election Day, I can say to the MAGA machine, I can say to the speaker, I can say to JD Vance, 'Shove it up your a**! " newsday.com/long-island/poli…

Hakeem Jeffries, at the event, told Newsday that Suozzi's "shove it" comment was a product of Suozzi & fellow Democrat Laura Gillen being “heavily targeted by Republicans, particularly given the fact that the Nassau County executive is the Republican nominee for governor

Hit by LiPetri over making millions in the stock market, Rep. Suozzi said, "I haven't traded a single stock since January 2025," but adds, "The reality is that I bought some stock in 2023 when I was out of Congress that happened to do very, very well."

Suozzi repeatedly pushes to get LiPetri to name one issue he differs from Trump on, saying at one point "You won't say anything you disagree with. You don't have any guts ...You don't have any courage."

Gillen is being challenged by the GOP town of Hempstead receiver of taxes Jeanine Driscoll. Gillen lost to a Republican in what was an open-seat race in the 2022 mid-term election; but won in 2024, when Black voter turnout was higher. Now, we're back to a mid-term election

Jeffries talked about the importance of rallying behind Gillen and getting out the vote . He also talked about what was at stake as Democrats seek to seize the House majority, and there was mention that Jeffries himself could become the first Black U.S. House speaker.

Sedgwick Easley, executive Asst. to Hempstead Village Mayor Waylyn Hobbs, Jr., said he and Hobbs were among those at the Rockville Centre meeting with Gillen, Jeffries and Meeks, pastors and religious leaders. Hobbs also serves as the Senior Pastor of Coney Island Cathedral

Multiple sources confirm LI Demcratic Rep. Laura Gillen met with Nassau County faith leaders this morning, in a non-public meeting that included House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries and Rep. Gregory Meeks. The focus or need for the meeting has not yet been outlined.

Whatever happens Nov. 3, the hovering reality for Schumer, 75, is the ascendence of younger voters and the AOC-Mamdani effect focused on age and succession issues. But if the Senate flips, friends say, it will in the shorter term be time for detractors to do some fence-mending.

In the Newsday interview, Schumer says he's seeking to remains the Democratic Caucus leader again - no matter which party prevails Nov. 3; deflects about whether he will seek reelection in 2028; and friends say it might be time for those who counted him out...to reassess.

The fighting chance that Senate Democrats now hold, say experts and lawmakers, is a product of Schumer’s political skill, a Trump-induced political environment that few could have imagined a year ago, and luck — or all three, if not necessarily in that order.

Having faced episodes of liberal fury, low approval ratings and even calls to step down as Senate Democratic leader, Schumer tell Newsday his motto has remained: "Persist, persist, persist" ... and now the race for Senate control is now "neck and neck." newsday.com/long-island/poli…

Gallant is leaning into it: "People are paying closer and closer attention to this campaign — and they like what they see."