Schumer favorability drops to all-time low

Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer, D-N.Y., has the lowest approval ratings in his three terms as senator, according to a new Siena College poll. The poll reports that the senator's approval rating is at 52 percent - his lowest known rating for over a decade.

LOVETT: Question marks surround Cuomo as he heads into 2018

With more than $26 million in his campaign kitty, accomplishments to point to and good poll numbers, Gov. Cuomo should be cruising into his re-election year in the bluest of blue states. The federal corruption trials of several close associates, an ongoing FBI investigation into his administration, a looming state budget deficit of at least $4.4 billion, subway system problems, as well as continued anger from the left all represent potential potholes for a governor who not only is seeking a third term, but is believed to have presidential ambitions.

Clinton widens lead over Trump in poll of NY voters Updated Aug 15, 2016 at

Hillary Clinton holds a giant lead over Donald Trump among New York voters in a Siena College poll released Monday, beating him by 30 percentage points in a two-way matchup and by 25 points when Libertarian and Green Party candidates for president were included in the choices.