POLITICAL LEGACY ARRIVES ON STAGE.(Main)

Albany Times Union (Albany, NY) | January 25, 2009 | Copyright

ALBANY -The late Dorothea "Polly" Noonan, a workhorse of the city's legendary Democratic machine, surely would have been shedding tears of joy and offering an earthy salute if she had been there Friday as her granddaughter, Kirsten Gillibrand, was presented as the new U.S. senator from New York.

Gillibrand's ascension to the powerful post represents historic milestones. It not only is the culmination of three generations of Noonan women toiling in the political trenches, but also a return to political prominence for the region: Gillibrand becomes the first U.S. ...

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