Real estate tycoon and Daily News publisher Mortimer B. Zuckerman is considering a run to unseat Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand (D., N.Y.) in the U.S. Senate, according to the New York Times:

Mr. Zuckerman regards Ms. Gillibrand as vulnerable to a challenge and is convinced that, at a time of economic tumult and political unrest, his background as an outsider to government, and his record as a businessman, will appeal to the state’s electorate, these people said. . . .
The discussions were preliminary, the two people cautioned, with many details of a possible candidacy yet to be worked out. They spoke on condition of anonymity because the discussions were meant to be private and Mr. Zuckerman has not made up his mind.
Mr. Zuckerman is considering commissioning a poll to test the viability of a candidacy, one of the people said.

Zuckerman would likely run as a Republican or independent in the mold of New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg.