Senator Kirsten Gillibrand hosts the first annual “Women’s Economic Empowerment Summit

Senator Kirsten Gillibrand hosted the first annual “Women’s Economic Empowerment Summit" on Monday in New York City. The summit, which included White House Senior Advisor Valerie Jarrett and Sandra Lee, was an opportunity for young women to network with established women in the business arena.  A new mentoring program was also announced at the event which will pair 100 business executives with women who have graduated college less than seven years ago.

Sandra Lee, girlfriend of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, featured in this month's Harper's Bazaar

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Sandra Lee, star of her own Food Network and girlfriend of NewYork governor Andrew Cuomo is featured in this month's issue of Harper's Bazaar. In the article she talks about the challenges of being a working woman balancing a tv show, magazine, a new houseware deal, and her relationship with the governor.

Excerpt from Harper's Bazaar:

As a couple, Cuomo and Lee have maintained a very low-key profile. She didn't campaign with him in his race for governor in 2010, and they appear together only occasionally at official events. She explains their public shyness as a way of guarding their privacy. "I have a partner," she says, "who feels the exact same way as I do about protecting our personal relationship."
But what if Cuomo were to decide to run for president one day, as some have speculated he is aiming to do? "I haven't even thought about anything like that," Lee avers. "More than anything now, I feel really lucky to have a relationship that's just mine and that I get to go home to, that's a safe haven, and that I have something that's not the whole world's too."

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Photos: Sarah Palin, Donna Brazile and more at the White House Correspondents' Dinner

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Sandra Lee, New York's First Girlfriend featured in Vogue

Sandra Lee: New York's First Girlfriend



Andrew Cumo, his daughters, and Sandra Lee on Saturday at Cumo's swearing in ceremony
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It's official! Sandra Lee is New York's first girlfriend, after Andrew Cumo was officially sworn into office on Saturday afternoon. Sandra Lee, star of the Food Network show, “Semi-Homemade Cooking”, has been dating Gov. Cumo for five years and was often by his side often while he was running for office earlier this year.

While Ms. Lee has stated publicly that she will not be a traditional first lady and will not have any staff, I won't be surprised if I saw her cooking up several projects to support her now "governor boyfriend" in his new role.